20th-century British explorers

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian and writer. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Blue Planet II. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black-and-white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life, he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator and one Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Personality - Non-Daily.

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)

British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)

British travel writer (1893-1993)

British explorer (born 1944)

English Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence officer (1885–1960)

Royal Navy officer and explorer (1883–1912)

British polar explorer (1934-2007)

British explorer (1907–1977)

English geologist, British Army officer and military historian (1886–1974)

British nurse (1859–1931)

Royal Naval seaman and explorer (1875–1940)

Scottish physician, biologist, and explorer (1878-1914)

Antarctic explorer, and founder of the British Schools Exploring Society

Royal Navy officer and explorer

English explorer (1877-1958)

Australian chemist and mountaineer (1888–1970)

British soldier, explorer, botanist and Conservative politician (1883-1963)

English civil servant and explorer (1878-1915)

British biologist and explorer (1865-1914)

English explorer

British Army officer (1870-1962)

British entomologist and botanical collector (1881-1969)

British Muslim aristocrat

British military interpreter in Lhasa, and a writer (1870-1943)

British explorer and naturalist (1885-1954)

Scottish-American cartographer, surveyor, photographer and botanical collector

British diplomat (1867–1945)

British biologist (1884–1963)