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Discoverers

List of famous discoverers with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

Henry the Navigator Henry the Navigator
Portuguese

Aurel Stodola Aurel Stodola
Slovak

Hiram Bingham IIIHiram Bingham III
American
Hans EgedeHans Egede
Norwegian

Dmitri IvanovskyDmitri Ivanovsky
Russian
Hormuzd RassamHormuzd Rassam
Iraqi

Norman LockyerNorman Lockyer
British

Percivall PottPercivall Pott
British

Christian Friedrich SchönbeinChristian Friedrich Schönbein
Swiss, German

Anselme PayenAnselme Payen
French
Bernard CourtoisBernard Courtois
French

Karl MauchKarl Mauch
German

Fausto ElhuyarFausto Elhuyar
Spanish

Yrjö VäisäläYrjö Väisälä
Finnish
Carl HumannCarl Humann
German
Jean Charles Galissard de MarignacJean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Swiss

Joe FarmanJoe Farman
British

Saint KevinSaint Kevin
Northern Irish

Kasimir FajansKasimir Fajans
Polish, American
Louis-Nicolas MénardLouis-Nicolas Ménard
French

Anders Gustav EkebergAnders Gustav Ekeberg
Swedish
Shiga KiyoshiShiga Kiyoshi
Japanese

Jean-Baptist-Point Du SableJean-Baptist-Point Du Sable
Haitian, American

Ibn an-NafīsIbn an-Nafīs
Syrian
Merrill Wallace ChaseMerrill Wallace Chase
American