Jean Nicolet
French explorer
Jean Nicolet, Sieur de Belleborne was a French coureur des bois noted for exploring Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island, Green Bay, and being the first European to set foot in what is now the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Wikipedia
Born: 1598, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Died: October 1642 (age 44 years), Sillery, Québec City, Canada
Parents: Marguerite de Lamer and Thomas Nicollet