MILITARY PERSONNEL

Blas de Lezo

1689 - 1741

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Admiral Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta (3 February 1689 – 7 September 1741) was a Spanish navy officer best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741), where Spanish imperial forces under his command decisively defeated a large British invasion fleet under Admiral Edward Vernon. Throughout his naval career, Lezo sustained many severe wounds; he lost his left eye, left hand, complete mobility of the right arm, and had his left leg amputated in situ after being hit by the projectile of a cannon. He perceived his wounds and physical limitations as medals, refusing to wear an eye patch to hide his blind eye. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blas de Lezo has received more than 382,435 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Blas de Lezo is the 1,073rd most popular military personnel (down from 935th in 2019), the 842nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 757th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Blas de Lezo ranks 1,073 out of 2,058. Before him are Harukichi Hyakutake, Tettius Julianus, Callicratidas, Olivier V de Clisson, Ernest King, and Lucius Flavius Silva. After him are Otto Weddigen, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Manshuk Mametova, Gildo, Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi, and Wilhelm Marschall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1689, Blas de Lezo ranks 10. Before him are Jacques I, Prince of Monaco, Samuel Bellamy, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, and Zahir al-Umar. After him are Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Alexis Piron, Szymon Czechowicz, Jan Klemens Branicki, and William Adam. Among people deceased in 1741, Blas de Lezo ranks 14. Before him are Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Bernard de Montfaucon, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, and Jethro Tull. After him are Georg Rafael Donner, Alvise Pisani, Charles Rollin, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Johann Amman, and Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Blas de Lezo ranks 842 out of 3,355. Before him are Adelina Patti (1843), Gaizka Mendieta (1974), Edmundo Suárez (1916), Dani Carvajal (1992), Jordi Alba (1989), and Diego Martínez Barrio (1883). After him are Salvador Sadurní (1941), Bartolomé Carranza (1503), Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), José Millán-Astray (1879), Sunifred, Count of Barcelona (805), and Vicente Aranda (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Blas de Lezo ranks 17. Before him are Serena (365), José Miaja (1878), Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), George Meade (1815), Gaius Laelius (-300), and Gonzalo Guerrero (1470). After him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), José Millán-Astray (1879), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475), Cristóbal de Olid (1487), Juan Yagüe (1891), and Juan Martín Díez (1775).

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