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 man to set foot on moon ? Answer: Neil Armstrong (USA) 3. Name of First prime Minister of great Britain ? Answer: Robert Walpole 4. Who won first Nobel prize for Literature ? Answer: Rene F.A. and Sulli Pradhom (France) 5. First President of United States of America ? Answer: George Washington 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