Explorer

Ferdinand Magellan

1480 - 1521

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His biography is available in 176 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 168 in 2024). Ferdinand Magellan is the 3rd most popular explorer, the most popular biography from Portugal and the most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Ferdinand Magellan is most famous for being the first person to circumnavigate the globe.

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Among Explorers

Among explorers, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 3 out of 498. Before him are Marco Polo, and Christopher Columbus. After him are Vasco da Gama, Leif Erikson, Amerigo Vespucci, Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, Roald Amundsen, Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Zheng He.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Lucrezia Borgia, Matthias Grünewald, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Albrecht Altdorfer, Lorenzo Lotto, Johann Georg Faust, Joachim Patinir, Gazi Husrev-beg, Götz von Berlichingen, Pier Gerlofs Donia, and Saint Cajetan. Among people deceased in 1521, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Pope Leo X, Manuel I of Portugal, Josquin des Prez, Juan Ponce de León, Sebastian Brant, Zhengde Emperor, Christina of Saxony, Raffaele Riario, Leonardo Loredan, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, and Jorge Álvares.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1 out of NaN. After him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Anthony of Padua (1195), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), José Saramago (1922), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), António Guterres (1949), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), and Cristiano Ronaldo (1985).

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Among Explorers In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), and João Gonçalves Zarco (1390).

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