Article Detail Who was the first person to sail around the world ? Answer: Ferdinand Magellan Similar Questions : 1. Name of First Woman Prime Minister of a Country ? Answer: Mrs. Srimavo Bhandarnayake (Sri Lanka) 2. Name of First prime Minister of great Britain ? Answer: Robert Walpole 3. Who was first woman to reach the North Pole ? Answer: Ms. Fran 4. Who was first to won Nobel prize of Economics ? Answer: Ragnar Frisch (Norway) and Jan Timbergen (Howlland) 5. Who was first woman to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Junko Tabei (Japan) 6. Who was first European Invader of Indian Soil ? Answer: Alexander 7. Who was first female Space Tourist ? Answer: Mrs. Anousheh Ansari in 2004 Read more from - First in World