1476 - 1526
Juan Sebastián Elcano (Elkano in modern Basque; sometimes given as del Cano; 1486/1487 – 4 August 1526) was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer of Basque origin from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands. He received recognition for his achievement by Charles I of Spain with a coat of arms bearing a globe and the Latin motto Primus circumdedisti me (You were the first to circumnavigate me).Despite his achievements, information on Elcano is scarce and he is the subject of great historiographical controversy, because of the scarcity of original sources which illuminate his private life and personality. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan Sebastián Elcano has received more than 1,070,626 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Juan Sebastián Elcano is the 25th most popular explorer (up from 27th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Spain (up from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Explorer.
Juan Sebastián Elcano is most famous for being the first person to circumnavigate the world.
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Among explorers, Juan Sebastián Elcano ranks 25 out of 405. Before him are Xuanzang, Jacques Cousteau, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Jacques Cartier, Leif Erikson, and Vitus Bering. After him are Thor Heyerdahl, Willem Barentsz, Henry Morton Stanley, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, John Cabot, and Pytheas.
602 - 664
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 19
1910 - 1997
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 20
1467 - 1520
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 21
1491 - 1557
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 22
970 - 1020
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 23
1681 - 1741
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 24
1476 - 1526
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 25
1914 - 2002
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 26
1550 - 1597
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 27
1841 - 1904
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 28
1475 - 1519
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 29
1450 - 1498
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 30
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 31
Among people born in 1476, Juan Sebastián Elcano ranks 2. Before him is Pope Paul IV. After him are 2nd Dalai Lama, Yeonsangun of Joseon, Louise of Savoy, Huayna Capac, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Girolamo Fracastoro, Cuitláhuac, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Helena of Moscow, and Anna Sforza. Among people deceased in 1526, Juan Sebastián Elcano ranks 2. Before him is Louis II of Hungary. After him are Vittore Carpaccio, Isabella of Austria, Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Emperor Go-Kashiwabara, Scipione del Ferro, Rodrigo de Triana, Ibrahim Lodi, Elisabetta Gonzaga, Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, and Shō Shin.
1476 - 1559
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 1
1476 - 1526
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 2
1476 - 1542
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 3
1476 - 1506
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 4
1476 - 1531
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 5
1476 - 1525
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 6
1476 - 1534
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 7
1476 - 1553
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 8
1476 - 1520
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 9
1476 - 1524
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 10
1476 - 1513
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 11
1476 - 1497
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 12
1506 - 1526
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 1
1476 - 1526
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 2
1465 - 1526
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 3
1501 - 1526
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 4
1498 - 1526
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 5
1464 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 6
1465 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 7
1469 - 1526
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 8
1450 - 1526
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 9
1471 - 1526
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 10
1457 - 1526
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 11
1465 - 1526
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Juan Sebastián Elcano ranks 45 out of 2,932. Before him are Charles III of Spain (1716), Isidore of Seville (560), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Arcadius (377), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), and El Cid (1045). After him are Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), Lope de Vega (1562), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), John of the Cross (1542), and Maria Theresa of Spain (1638).
1716 - 1788
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 39
560 - 636
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 40
1379 - 1458
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 41
377 - 408
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 42
1100 - 1165
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 43
1045 - 1099
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 44
1476 - 1526
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 45
1886 - 1941
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 46
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 47
1562 - 1635
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 48
1826 - 1920
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 49
1542 - 1591
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 50
1638 - 1683
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 51
Among explorers born in Spain, Juan Sebastián Elcano ranks 3. Before him are Hernán Cortés (1485) and Francisco Pizarro (1478). After him are 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).
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 1
1478 - 1541
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 2
1476 - 1526
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 3
1475 - 1519
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 4
1511 - 1546
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 5
1460 - 1521
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 6
1475 - 1538
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 7
1518 - 1561
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 8
1500 - 1542
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 9
1465 - 1524
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 10
1466 - 1515
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 11
1460 - 1514
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 12