Article Detail Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan Similar Questions : 1. Which country won first World Cup Football ? Answer: Uruguay in 1930 2. Who was first woman president of a country ? Answer: Maria Estela Peron of Argentina 3. Who was the first person to win the Nobel prize for Peace ? Answer: Jin F. Dunant (Switzerland)and Frederic Peiry (France) 4. Who was the first man to draw the map of earth ? Answer: Anexemander 5. Who was the first man to compile the Encyclopaedia ? Answer: Aspheosis 6. Who was first to won Nobel prize of Economics ? Answer: Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Timbergen (Howlland) 7. Who was First secretary general of United Nations ? Answer: Trigve Li Read more from - First in World