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Diego Columbus

1479 - 1527

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Diego Columbus (Portuguese: Diogo Colombo; Spanish: Diego Colón; Italian: Diego Colombo; 1479/1480 – February 23, 1526) was a navigator and explorer under the Kings of Castile and Aragón. He served as the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 4th Governor of the Indies as a vassal to the Kings of Castile and Aragón. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Columbus has received more than 854,215 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Diego Columbus is the 78th most popular explorer (down from 67th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 71st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Diego Columbus was most famous for being the son of Christopher Columbus. He is also famous for being the first European to set foot in Japan.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Diego Columbus ranks 78 out of 498. Before him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, Richard Francis Burton, Hernando de Soto, William Dampier, Jeanne Baret, and Ármin Vámbéry. After him are Lope de Aguirre, Willem Janszoon, Stepan Makarov, Juan Díaz de Solís, James Clark Ross, and Hugh Glass.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1479, Diego Columbus ranks 6. Before him are Joanna of Castile, Hafsa Sultan, Lisa del Giocondo, Vasili III of Russia, and Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours. After him are Peter Henlein, Guru Amar Das, Ippolito d'Este, Vallabha, Francisco de Montejo, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1527, Diego Columbus ranks 3. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. After him are Juan de Grijalva, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona, Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Johann Froben, Felix Manz, and Catherine of York.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Diego Columbus ranks 75 out of 633. Before him are Maria João Pires (1944), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Barbara of Portugal (1711), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Uriel da Costa (1585), and Sancho II of Portugal (1209). After him are Marcelo Caetano (1906), Isaac Abarbanel (1437), Constance of Aragon (1179), Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), Tristão da Cunha (1460), and Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal (1887).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Diego Columbus ranks 8. Before him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), and Diogo Dias (1450). After him are Tristão da Cunha (1460), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), Francisco Serrão (1500), and João Vaz Corte-Real (1420).

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