The following is a list of people who were born on South Georgia Island, or lived there for a period of time, or visited the island, and were prominent in its history. * F.B. Allison * Ludwig Allum * J.G. Andersson * W. Barlas * Sinclair Begg *

Søren Berntsen Søren Berntsen (1880–1940) was an important figure in the history of whaling in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Arriving in the islands with the floating factory ship ''Bucentaur'', Berntsen established the shore station at Husvik ...

* Basil Biggs * Noel Biggs * E.B. Binnie *

Nigel Bonner William Nigel Bonner (15 February 1928 – 27 August 1994) was a British zoologist, Antarctic marine mammal specialist, author and ecologist. The topics of his books and scientific publications included marine animals, reindeer and the ecology of ...

* Pauline Carr * Tim Carr * Duncan Carse * J.M. Chaplin * Jan Cheek *

Gerry Clark Gerald Stanley Clark (9 May 1927 – June 1999) was a New Zealand sailor, writer and ornithologist. He is notable for his ornithological research work on subantarctic islands and for his circumnavigation of Antarctica in his self-built yacht ...

* D.J. Coleman *

James Cook James Cook (7 November 1728 Old Style date: 27 October – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean an ...

* Finn Dahlberg * Anthony de la Roché * S. Duse * Viktor Esbensen *

Wilhelm Filchner Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions, and led the Second German Antarctic Expeditio ...

* A.I. Fleuret * Georg Forster *

Gunnar Gulbrandsen Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

* Leganger Hansen * Ole Hauge * Robert K. Headland *

Henrik Henriksen Henrik is a male given name of Germanic origin, primarily used in Scandinavia, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia. In Poland, the name is spelt Henryk (given name), Henryk but pronounced similarly. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), ...

* Fridthjof Jacobsen *

Solveig Gunbjörg Jacobsen Solveig (, ) is a female given name of Old Norse origin. It is most common in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland, and it is also somewhat common in Germany and France. Etymology The name consists of two parts, where both parts have different th ...

* Heinrich W. Klutschak *

Ludwig Kohl-Larsen Ludwig Kohl-Larsen (born ''Ludwig Kohl''; 5 April 1884 in Landau in der Pfalz – 12 November 1969 in Bodensee) was a German physician, amateur anthropologist, and explorer. Biography In 1911, he traveled as ship's doctor with Wilhelm Filchner ...

Carl Anton Larsen Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norway, Norwegian-born Whaling, whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fos ...

* Lauritz Larsen * Kristen Løken * Pat Lurcock * Sarah Lurcock * J.W. Matthew * Clive Johnson * Leonard Harrison Matthews * Robert Cushman Murphy * Nohart Nielsen * Nils Olsen * K.S. Pierce-Butler * Dion Poncet * Jérôme Poncet *

Sally Poncet Sally Poncet (born 1954) is an Australian-born scientist and adventurer who has explored and studied the Antarctic region since 1977. Her specialty is birds and she made extensive studies of albatross and their habitats for the British Antarctic ...

* Karl Schrader *

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...

* Carl J. Skottsberg * Eric Sörling * Thoralf Sørlle * R.E. Spivey * Einar Strand * Harald Studsrød * Ernest Swinhoe * Daniel R. Toner * J.I. Wilson

References

* Headland, Robert K. (1984). ''The Island of South Georgia'', Cambridge University Press. {{DEFAULTSORT:South Georgians * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands-related lists South Georgia