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Ranulph Fiennes

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Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet (born 7 March 1944), commonly known as Sir Ranulph Fiennes () and sometimes as Ran Fiennes, is a British explorer, writer and poet, who holds several endurance records. Fiennes served in the British Army for eight years, including a period on counter-insurgency service while attached to the Army of the Sultanate of Oman. He later undertook numerous expeditions and was the first person to visit both the North Pole and South Pole by surface means and the first to completely cross Antarctica on foot. In May 2009, at the age of 65, he reached the summit of Mount Everest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ranulph Fiennes is the 140th most popular explorer (up from 466th in 2019), the 1,305th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,887th in 2019) and the 20th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 140 out of 498. Before him are Andrés de Urdaneta, Mikhail Lazarev, João Vaz Corte-Real, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, George W. De Long, and Philip Johan von Strahlenberg. After him are Pedro Mascarenhas, Adam Olearius, Afanasy Nikitin, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Gan Ying, and Samuel Wallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 146. Before him are Norodom Ranariddh, Lucía Topolansky, Agnes Baltsa, Gary Busey, Tsuyoshi Kunieda, and Alice Walker. After him are Vlastimil Hort, Frank Oz, Bernard Cornwell, Oqil Oqilov, Tony Atkinson, and Mary Robinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 1,305 out of 8,785. Before him are John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Sarah Brightman (1960), Janick Gers (1957), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Adrian Newey (1958), and Frances Yates (1899). After him are PJ Harvey (1969), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Robert Fludd (1574), Lee Child (1954), Frances Fisher (1952), and Sacha Baron Cohen (1971).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Ranulph Fiennes ranks 20. Before him are William Parry (1790), Robert FitzRoy (1805), James Clark Ross (1800), Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), and Mary Kingsley (1862). After him are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), Isabella Bird (1831), Martin Frobisher (1535), Edward Wilson (1872), and Matthew Flinders (1774).

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