1516 - 1542
Cristóvão da Gama (c. 1516 – 29 August 1542), anglicised as Christopher da Gama, was a Portuguese military commander who led a Portuguese army of 400 musketeers to assist Ethiopia that faced Islamic Jihad from the Adal Sultanate led by Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi. He, along with the allied Ethiopian army, was victorious against Adal forces in four battles, but he was seriously wounded in his last battle and was captured, tortured, and executed by Imam Ahmad. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cristóvão da Gama has received more than 203,744 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Cristóvão da Gama is the 897th most popular military personnel, the 178th most popular biography from Portugal and the most popular Portuguese Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 897 out of 1,468. Before him are Wolfgang Lotz, Oskar von Hutier, Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, Edward Vernon, Heinrich Ehrler, and Joseph Stilwell. After him are Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Isamu Chō, Clearchus of Sparta, Semyon Kurkotkin, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, and Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel.
1921 - 1993
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 891
1857 - 1934
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 892
632 - 702
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 893
1684 - 1757
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 894
1917 - 1945
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 895
1883 - 1946
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 896
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 897
1683 - 1767
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 898
1895 - 1945
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 899
401 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 900
1917 - 1990
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 901
1899 - 1966
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 902
1744 - 1836
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 903
Among people born in 1516, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 7. Before him are Mary I of England, Conrad Gessner, Bayinnaung, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Hieronymus Wolf, and William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. After him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Realdo Colombo, Tabinshwehti, Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, Söyembikä of Kazan, and John Foxe. Among people deceased in 1542, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 12. Before him are Lapu-Lapu, Dosso Dossi, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Thomas Wyatt, Sayyida al Hurra, and Peter Henlein. After him are Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Diego de Almagro II, Ludwig Senfl, Nikolaus Federmann, Gasparo Contarini, and Girolamo Aleandro.
1516 - 1558
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 1
1516 - 1565
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 2
1516 - 1581
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3
1516 - 1551
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 4
1516 - 1580
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 5
1516 - 1592
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 6
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 7
1516 - 1547
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 8
1516 - 1559
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 9
1516 - 1550
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 10
1516 - 1571
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 11
1516 - 1557
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 12
1516 - 1587
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 13
1491 - 1542
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 6
1480 - 1542
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 7
1505 - 1542
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 8
1503 - 1542
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 9
1485 - 1542
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 10
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 11
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 12
1477 - 1542
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 13
1520 - 1542
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 14
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 15
1505 - 1542
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 16
1483 - 1542
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 17
1480 - 1542
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 18
Among people born in Portugal, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 178 out of 555. Before him are Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Infanta Maria of Guimarães (1538), Almeida Garrett (1799), Eduardo Souto de Moura (1952), and Nuno Tristão (1500). After him are José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883), Paulo Futre (1966), Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104), Luís Fróis (1532), Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders (1157), and José Saraiva Martins (1932).
1125 - 1157
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 172
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 173
1538 - 1577
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 174
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 175
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 176
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 177
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 178
1883 - 1965
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 179
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 180
104 - Present
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 181
1532 - 1597
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 182
1157 - 1218
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 183
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 184
Among military personnels born in Portugal, Cristóvão da Gama ranks 1. After him are Pedro Teixeira (1585) and Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465).
1516 - 1542
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1
1585 - 1641
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 2
1465 - 1530
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3