Explorers
- William John Bankes (Trinity) Responsible for the largest individual collection of Egyptian artifacts, at the family home Kingston Lacy
- Julius Brenchley (Unknown) Pre-eminent adventurer of the Victorian era
- Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (Unknown) Responsible for rediscovering the ancient ruins of the city of Petra, lost for almost a millennium
- Sir Thomas Cavendish (Corpus Christi) First man to intentionally circumnavigate the globe
- Walter Butler Cheadle (Caius) Explorer of Western Canada, namesake of Cheadle, Alberta
- Sir Vivian Fuchs (St John's) Responsible for the first overland crossing of Antarctica
- Kenneth Gandar-Dower (Trinity) Led the expedition to Mount Kenya in an attempt to capture the Marozi, piloted one of the first flights to India
- George Mallory (Magdalene) Possibly the first man ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest
- St. John Philby (Trinity) Leading Arabist and explorer of the Middle East
- John Robinson (Corpus Christi) The pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers
- William Wentworth-FitzWilliam (Trinity) Explorer of Western Canada, first "tourist" to travel through the Yellowhead Pass
- Roger Williams (Pembroke) Founder of Rhode Island, known for attempts to cooperate with Native Americans
- John Winthrop (Trinity) Founder and first Governor of Massachusetts
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