Article Detail Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan Similar Questions : 1. Who was first woman to reach the North Pole ? Answer: Ms. Fran 2. Name of First prime Minister of great Britain ? Answer: Robert Walpole 3. Who was first female Space Tourist ? Answer: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari in 2004 4. Who was first woman to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Junko Tabei (Japan) 5. Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan 6. Name of the first man to go into the space ? Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) 7. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington Read more from - First in World