# Colin Angus

> Colin Angus is a Canadian author and adventurer who is the first person to make a self-propelled global circumnavigation. Due to varying definitions of the term "circumnavigation", debate has arisen as to whether or not the route travelled fulfilled the strictest criteria. As part of the circumnavigation, Angus and his then fiancé Julie Wafaei made the first rowboat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from mainland Europe to mainland North America, and Wafaei became the first Canadian woman to row across any ocean. Colin and Julie have two sons: Leif, born September 2010, and Oliver, born June 2014.

*Canadian author*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/colin-angus

## Identity
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1971
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Colin Angus is a Canadian author and adventurer who is the first person to make a self-propelled global circumnavigation. Due to varying definitions of the term "circumnavigation", debate has arisen as to whether or not the route travelled fulfilled the strictest criteria. As part of the circumnavigation, Angus and his then fiancé Julie Wafaei made the first rowboat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from mainland Europe to mainland North America, and Wafaei became the first Canadian woman to row across any ocean. Colin and Julie have two sons: Leif, born September 2010, and Oliver, born June 2014.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 40.4
- **Momentum:** 0.8

## Sources
- [Colin Angus (explorer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Angus_(explorer))
- [Colin Angus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Angus)
- [كولن بيتر](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1108322)

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