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William Baffin

1584 - 1622

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William Baffin (c. 1584 – 23 January 1622) was an English navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is best known for his attempt to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans, during which Baffin became the first European to discover a bay which was subsequently named in his honour. Baffin carried out numerous surveys of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf for the English East India Company. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Baffin is the 55th most popular explorer (down from 40th in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 340th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Explorer.

William Baffin is most famous for being the first European to see the Baffin Bay, which he named in 1616.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, William Baffin ranks 55 out of 498. Before him are William Clark, Samuel de Champlain, Diego de Almagro, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Sven Hedin, and Henry Morton Stanley. After him are Zhang Qian, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Henry Hudson, Himilco, Diogo Cão, and Hernando de Soto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1584, William Baffin ranks 3. Before him are Miyamoto Musashi, and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain. After him are Francisco de Quevedo, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Yuan Chonghuan, Matthias Gallas, John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Cornelis de Vos, Gaspar de Crayer, and Mehmed III Giray. Among people deceased in 1622, William Baffin ranks 3. Before him are Osman II, and Francis de Sales. After him are Hasekura Tsunenaga, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Petrus Plancius, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Cesare Ripa, Bartolomeo Manfredi, and Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Baffin ranks 483 out of 8,785. Before him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Peter Sellers (1925), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), Captain Tom (1920), Robbie Coltrane (1950), and David Niven (1910). After him are Enid Blyton (1897), Martin Ryle (1918), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Keir Starmer (1962), and Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, William Baffin ranks 8. Before him are Francis Drake (1540), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), David Livingstone (1813), William Adams (1564), John Davis (1550), and Henry Morton Stanley (1841). After him are Henry Hudson (1570), John Ross (1777), William Dampier (1651), John Smith (1580), Richard Francis Burton (1821), and William Parry (1790).

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