Famous people who have visited the Island
1502	Juan de Nova
	Commodore of a Portuguese fleet who discovered the Island on the 21st May during a return voyage from India.
1515-1545	Fernando Lopez
1584	Japanese Ambassadors
1588	Captain Cavendish
	First Englishmen to visit St Helena.
1593	Captain Lancaster
	First voyage to India by English merchants. Remained here for 19 days
1659	John Dutton
	First E.I.C Governor, built a fort on the site of the current 'Castle'.
1673	Captain Richard Munden
	Re-claimed the Island from the Dutch with the help of 'Black Oliver'.
1676	Edmond Halley
	Astronomer after whom Halley's Comet is named - Observed a transit of Mercury on the Island and produced a catalogue of the Southern stars.
1691	Captain W. Dampier
	An explorer, naturalist and navigator after whom 'Dampier's Drip' is named on Ascension.
1708	Governor Roberts
	Rebuilt the Castle fort as it stands now.
1736	Old Will
	Slave from the original settlement died aged 104!
1740	Captain Jenkins
	Famous for the 'Battle of Jenkins ear', Came to clean up the Government when at war with Spain and lived in a cottage close to Sandy Bay.
1761	Dr. and Waddington, Mr. Maskelyne
	Astronomers who visited the Island to observe a transit of Venus.
1764	Captain Cook
	Called on his return from the Antarctic aboard Resolution. Reports that at the time were 600 soldiers and 1400 slaves present here.
1792	Captain Bligh
1793	William Hickey
	An eminent diarist.
1796 - 1852	Saul Solomon
	Merchant King of St Helena.
1805	Sir Richard Wellesley
	Later to become the 'Duke of Wellington', stayed in Porteous House.
1805 - 1810	Burchell
	Artist and Schoolteacher.
1815 - 1821	Napoleon and entourage
1816	Sir Hudson Lowe
	Celebrated for his work towards the abolition of slavery.
1818	Theodore Hook
1828	M. Johnson
	Renouned Astronomer who set up an observatory on Ladder Hill.
1828 - 1834	C. Dallas
	Governor well-known for the construction of Jacobs Ladder.
1836	General G. Middlemore
	First Governor under the Crown.
1836 - 1838	Dr J. Barry
	First SMO under the Crown.
1836	Charles Darwin
	Made famous by his work; 'Origin of the Species'.
1838	Prince William Henry Frederick
	Grandson of William I, King of Holland
1840	HRH the Prince de Joinville
	Responsible for the safe transport of Napoleon's remains to France.
1849	Rt. Rev. Robert Gary (D.D)
	Bishop of Cape Town, the first C of E bishop to visit the Island.
1860	Duke of Edinburgh (HRH Prince Alferd)
	Queen Victoria's son. The staircase in the Castle collapsed due to white ant damage after a ball whilst he was on the Island.
1862	John Isaac Lilley
	Barrack Master. Published first photos of St Helena.
1868	Sir Joseph Hooker
	Sent from Kew Gardens.
1880	Empress Eugenie
	French Empress
1880 - 1898	HRH Prince Albert Wiliian Henrich of Prussia
1884	Hudson Ralph Janisch
	The first St Helena born Governor died.
1890	Dinizulu
	Imprisoned Zulu leader.
1898	Joshua Slocum
	First man to circumnavigate the world single-handed. Lectured in the museum, then in the gardens.
1900 - 1902	Boer Prisoners
	Approx. 6,000 at Deadwood and Broad Bottom camps.
1907	25 Zulu prisoners
1910	Duke, Duchess and Princess of Connaght
	En route to South Africa
Early 20th	Sultan of Zanzibar
1925	Duke of Edinburgh Prince Edward
1925	Dr. W. J. J. Arnold
	'The best friend St Helena ever had.'
1936	Lord and Lady Baden-Powell
	Visited the Scouts and Guides amongst others.
1937	Philip Gosse
	Author
1947	British Royal Family
	Including Geroge VI and Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II.
1957	Duke of Edinburgh
1957 - 1960	Bahraini prisoners
1962 - 1972	V. S. O.'s
	Their visits allowed student teachers t go to the UK to train.
1968	Tony Thornton
	One of the few people to be extradited from the Island. Later became managing director of Solomons.
1984	Prince Andrew
	Visited to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Crown Colony. Gave his name to new community school.
2002	HRH Princess Ann
	Visits to commemorate the Island's Quincentenary.