1450 - 1500
Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diogo Dias has received more than 72,985 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Diogo Dias is the 91st most popular explorer (up from 94th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 85th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Portuguese Explorer.
Diogo Dias is most famous for being the first person to circumnavigate the Earth.
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Among explorers, Diogo Dias ranks 91 out of 405. Before him are Jeanne Baret, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Juan Díaz de Solís, Sebastian Cabot, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, and Jean de Béthencourt. After him are Heinrich Barth, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Robert FitzRoy, Gonzalo Pizarro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, and Willem Schouten.
1740 - 1807
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 85
1701 - 1774
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 86
1470 - 1516
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 87
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 88
1770 - 1846
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 89
1362 - 1425
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 90
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 91
1821 - 1865
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 92
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 93
1805 - 1865
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 94
1510 - 1548
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 95
1509 - 1583
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 96
1567 - 1625
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 97
Among people born in 1450, Diogo Dias ranks 13. Before him are Yejong of Joseon, Gerard David, Martin Schongauer, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Marko Marulić, and Francisco de Almeida. After him are Pêro da Covilhã, Ravidas, Veit Stoss, Heinrich Isaac, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, and Zagan Pasha. Among people deceased in 1500, Diogo Dias ranks 3. Before him are Bartolomeu Dias and Albert III, Duke of Saxony. After him are Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Doukas, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Gil Eanes, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Fernão do Pó, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, and Wan Hu.
1450 - 1469
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 7
1450 - 1523
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 8
1450 - 1491
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 9
1450 - 1535
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 10
1450 - 1524
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 11
1450 - 1510
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 12
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 13
1450 - 1530
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 14
1450 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 15
1450 - 1533
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 16
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 17
1450 - 1482
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 18
1450 - 1464
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 19
1450 - 1500
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 1
1443 - 1500
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 2
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 3
1498 - 1500
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 4
1442 - 1500
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 5
1400 - 1500
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 6
1432 - 1500
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 7
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 8
1450 - 1500
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 9
1500 - 1500
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 10
1447 - 1500
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 11
1510 - 1500
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 12
Among people born in Portugal, Diogo Dias ranks 82 out of 555. Before him are Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Uriel da Costa (1585), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), António de Spínola (1910), Joan of Portugal (1439), and Francisco de Almeida (1450). After him are Beatrice of Portugal (1373), Maria João Pires (1944), Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), António Lobo Antunes (1942), and Luís Figo (1972).
1209 - 1248
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 76
1585 - 1640
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 77
1537 - 1554
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 78
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 79
1439 - 1475
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 80
1450 - 1510
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 81
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 82
1373 - 1420
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 83
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 84
1797 - 1818
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 85
1509 - 1583
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 86
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 87
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 88
Among explorers born in Portugal, Diogo Dias 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 Diego Columbus (1479). After him are Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), and João Vaz Corte-Real (1420).
1460 - 1524
HPI: 90.25
Rank: 2
1450 - 1500
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 3
1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 4
1467 - 1520
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 5
1440 - 1486
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 6
1479 - 1527
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 7
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 8
1509 - 1583
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 9
1450 - 1530
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 10
1390 - 1471
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 11
1460 - 1540
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 12
1565 - 1614
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 13
1420 - 1496
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 14