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Juan de Garay

1528 - 1583

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Juan de Garay (1528–1583) was a Spanish conquistador. Garay's birthplace is disputed. Some say it was in the city of Junta de Villalba de Losa in Castile, while others argue he was born in the area of Orduña (Basque Country). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juan de Garay has received more than 91,804 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Juan de Garay is the 248th most popular explorer (down from 229th in 2019), the 920th most popular biography from Spain (down from 842nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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  • 60.03

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Juan de Garay ranks 248 out of 498. Before him are Nikolaus Federmann, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Tristão Vaz Teixeira, Lady Hester Stanhope, Rodrigo de Jerez, and Edward Bransfield. After him are Pero Escobar, Ingvar the Far-Travelled, Thorvald Eiriksson, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Snorri Thorfinnsson, and Carl Anton Larsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Juan de Garay ranks 16. Before him are Paolo Boi, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Birbal, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, and Francisco Guerrero. After him are Claude Le Jeune, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Pedro da Fonseca, António Ferreira, Benito Arias Montano, and Rémy Belleau. Among people deceased in 1583, Juan de Garay ranks 14. Before him are Ivan Fyodorov, Surdas, Oda Nobutaka, Pirro Ligorio, Andrey Kurbsky, and Antoinette de Bourbon. After him are Humphrey Gilbert, Zacharias Ursinus, Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels, Jacques Pelletier du Mans, and Thomas Erastus.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Juan de Garay ranks 920 out of 3,355. Before him are Carmen Sevilla (1930), José Antonio Reyes (1983), Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850), Domingo de Soto (1494), Fructuosus of Braga (601), and Carlos Westendorp (1937). After him are Anselmo Lorenzo (1841), Rocío Jurado (1946), Jesús Navas (1985), Marcelino García Toral (1965), Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342), and Ricardo Viñes (1875).

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Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Juan de Garay ranks 40. Before him are Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), and Rodrigo de Jerez (1350). After him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), João da Nova (1460), Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548), Francisco de Ulloa (1501), and Pedro Tafur (1410).

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