1480 - 1521
Ferdinand Magellan ( mə-GHEL-ən or mə-JEL-ən; Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães, IPA: [fɨɾˈnɐ̃w dɨ mɐɣɐˈʎɐ̃jʃ]; Spanish: Fernando de Magallanes, IPA: [feɾˈnando ðe maɣaˈʎanes]; 4 February 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He is best known for having planned and led the 1519 Spanish expedition to the East Indies across the Pacific Ocean to open a maritime trade route, during which he discovered the interoceanic passage bearing thereafter his name and achieved the first European navigation from the Atlantic to Asia. During this voyage, Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan in 1521 in the present-day Philippines, after running into resistance from the indigenous population led by Lapulapu, who consequently became a Philippine national symbol of resistance to colonialism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Magellan has received more than 8,002,763 page views. His biography is available in 158 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 154 in 2019). 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, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 3 out of 405. Before him are Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus. After him are Vasco da Gama, Amerigo Vespucci, Bartolomeu Dias, Roald Amundsen, Ibn Battuta, James Cook, Hernán Cortés, Zheng He, and Francis Drake.
1254 - 1324
HPI: 94.60
Rank: 1
1451 - 1506
HPI: 93.18
Rank: 2
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 3
1460 - 1524
HPI: 90.25
Rank: 4
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 5
1450 - 1500
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 6
1872 - 1928
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 7
1304 - 1368
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 8
1728 - 1779
HPI: 82.31
Rank: 9
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 10
1387 - 1433
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 11
1540 - 1596
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1480, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1. After him are Lucrezia Borgia, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Matthias Grünewald, Albrecht Altdorfer, Johann Georg Faust, Lorenzo Lotto, Götz von Berlichingen, Joachim Patinir, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Pier Gerlofs Donia, and Salaì. 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, Zhengde Emperor, Sebastian Brant, Christina of Saxony, Leonardo Loredan, Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon, Francisco Serrão, and Raffaele Riario.
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 1
1480 - 1519
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 2
1480 - 1530
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 3
1480 - 1528
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 4
1480 - 1538
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 5
1480 - 1541
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 6
1480 - 1556
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 7
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 8
1480 - 1524
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 9
1480 - 1504
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 10
1480 - 1520
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 11
1480 - 1524
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 12
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 1
1475 - 1521
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 2
1469 - 1521
HPI: 72.60
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1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 4
1460 - 1521
HPI: 68.32
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1491 - 1521
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 6
1458 - 1521
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 7
1461 - 1521
HPI: 60.41
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1436 - 1521
HPI: 58.69
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1491 - 1521
HPI: 58.21
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1500 - 1521
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 11
1461 - 1521
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 12
Among people born in Portugal, Ferdinand Magellan ranks 1 out of 555. After him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Anthony of Padua (1195), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), José Saramago (1922), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), António Guterres (1949), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Manuel I of Portugal (1469), and Pope Damasus I (305).
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 1
1460 - 1524
HPI: 90.25
Rank: 2
1450 - 1500
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 3
1195 - 1231
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 4
1889 - 1970
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 5
1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 6
1922 - 2010
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 7
1467 - 1520
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 8
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 9
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 10
1469 - 1521
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 11
305 - 384
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 12
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), Diego Columbus (1479), Diogo Dias (1450), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), and Tristão da Cunha (1460).
1480 - 1521
HPI: 91.69
Rank: 1
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