Article Detail Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan Similar Questions : 1. Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan 2. Who was first woman president of a country ? Answer: Maria Estela Peron of Argentina 3. Who won first Nobel prize for chemistry ? Answer: J.H. Wenthoff of Howlland 4. Who won first Nobel prize for Literature ? Answer: Rene F.A. and Sulli Pradhom (France) 5. Who was first to won Nobel prize of Economics ? Answer: Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Timbergen (Howlland) 6. Name of First prime Minister of great Britain ? Answer: Robert Walpole 7. Who was the first person to win the Nobel prize for Peace ? Answer: Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland)and Frederic Peiry (France) Read more from - First in World