Explorers
- Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), traveller in Iraq
- Capt. James Cook (1728–1779), sailor explorer
- Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), explorer in the Middle East
- Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 1596)
- Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), listed as the "greatest living explorer" by the Guinness Book of Records
- Rob Gauntlett (1987–2009), youngest Briton to summit Everest
- Michael Palin (born 1943)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 1618)
- Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912) Antarctic explorer
- Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874–1921) "Sir Ernest Shackleton's name will for evermore be engraved with letters of fire in the history of Antarctic exploration" Roald Amundsen
- Freya Stark (1893–1993), Middle East explorer
- Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), explorer in East Africa and the Middle East
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