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American · born 1963 · Top 10
Dave Canterbury
Co-hosting Dual Survival, founding the Pathfinder School and writing Bushcraft 101.
American · born 1974
Matt Graham
Primitive-living instruction and appearances on Dual Survival and Dude, You're Screwed.
British · born 1974 · Top 10
Bear Grylls
Presenting Man vs. Wild and other adventure-survival television programs.
American · born 1965 · Top 10
Mykel Hawke
Creating and co-hosting Man, Woman, Wild with Ruth England.
British · Top 10
Megan Hine
Expedition leadership and survival-safety consulting for adventure television, including work with Bear Grylls.
American · born 1967 · Top 10
Cody Lundin
Co-hosting Dual Survival and teaching self-reliance through his Aboriginal Living Skills School.
British · born 1964 · Top 10
Ray Mears
Teaching wilderness bushcraft through Woodlore, books and television programs.
American · born 1939 · Top 10
Larry Dean Olsen
Primitive-survival instructor, author of Outdoor Survival Skills, pioneer of wilderness therapy and co-founder of the ANASAZI Foundation.
British · born 1975 · Top 10
Ed Stafford
Becoming the first person to walk the length of the Amazon River, an 860-day expedition.
Canadian · born 1961 · Top 10
Les Stroud
Creating and hosting Survivorman, documenting wilderness survival alone without an accompanying camera crew.
British · Top 10
John "Lofty" Wiseman
Writing The SAS Survival Handbook after a long career in the British Special Air Service.