20th-century French explorers

French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, Taoist, anarchist and writer

French scientist (1867-1936)

French sinologist (1878-1945)

French anthropologist and geographer (1922–2024)

French explorer (1907–1995)

French photographer and explorer (1899–1997)

submersible pilot; former head of France's Deep Submersible Program

French mountain climber and film director (1906-1994)

French prince (1884–1924)

French anthropologist (1903–1991)

French ethnologist, author and explorer (1937–2011)

Wife and business partner of Jacques-Yves Cousteau

French physician and explorator

French journalist and explorer (1862–1945)

French caver and writer (1897-1987)

French computer scientist

French photographer, anthropologist, writer and professor (1902–1996)

French explorer (1892-1967)

French archeologist and philologue (1886–1941)

Circumnavigator of the globe

French sailor and explorer (1881–1978)

French philologist (1867–1926)

French philologist, linguist, archaeologist (1901-1941)

French explorer

French aviator, explorer and businessman

French explorer and sculptor (1890-1984)

French poet, writer and explorer (1920-2013)