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Francisco Pizarro

1478 - 1541

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Francisco Pizarro, Marquess of the Atabillos (; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko piˈθaro]; c. 16 March 1478 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Born in Trujillo, Spain to a poor family, Pizarro chose to pursue fortune and adventure in the New World. He went to the Gulf of Urabá, and accompanied Vasco Núñez de Balboa in his crossing of the Isthmus of Panama, where they became the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Pizarro has received more than 3,324,530 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Francisco Pizarro is the 13th most popular explorer, the 18th most popular biography from Spain (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Explorer.

Francisco Pizarro was most famous for being the conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Francisco Pizarro ranks 13 out of 405Before him are Roald Amundsen, Ibn Battuta, James Cook, Hernán Cortés, Zheng He, and Francis Drake. After him are Abel Tasman, David Livingstone, Prince Henry the Navigator, Fridtjof Nansen, Erik the Red, and Xuanzang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Francisco Pizarro ranks 2Before him is Thomas More. After him are Pope Clement VII, Hayreddin Barbarossa, Philip I of Castile, Giorgione, Baldassare Castiglione, John, Prince of Asturias, Jan Gossaert, Pánfilo de Narváez, Hatuey, and Surdas. Among people deceased in 1541, Francisco Pizarro ranks 2Before him is Paracelsus. After him are Margaret Tudor, Johann Georg Faust, Pedro de Alvarado, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, Francysk Skaryna, Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Bernard van Orley, and Thomas Culpeper.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Pizarro ranks 18 out of 2,932Before him are Hernán Cortés (1485), Theodosius I (340), Hadrian (76), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Catherine of Aragon (1485), and Ignatius of Loyola (1491). After him are Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503), Pope Alexander VI (1431), Joanna of Castile (1479), Joan Miró (1893), Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), and Maimonides (1138).

Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Francisco Pizarro ranks 2Before him are Hernán Cortés (1485). After him are Juan Sebastián Elcano (1476), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), Francisco de Orellana (1511), Juan Ponce de León (1460), Diego de Almagro (1475), Lope de Aguirre (1518), Hernando de Soto (1500), Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465), Alonso de Ojeda (1466), and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460).