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Miguel López de Legazpi

1502 - 1572

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Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as El Adelantado and El Viejo (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippine islands in the mid-16th century. He was joined by Guido de Lavezares, relative Martin de Goiti, friar Andrés de Urdaneta, and his grandsons Juan and Felipe de Salcedo, in the expedition. Legazpi established the first Spanish settlement in the East Indies after his expedition crossed the Pacific Ocean, arriving in Cebu in 1565. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel López de Legazpi has received more than 1,148,232 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Miguel López de Legazpi is the 3,904th most popular politician (up from 4,361st in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Spain (up from 392nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular Spanish Politician.

Miguel López de Legazpi was a Spanish explorer who is most famous for being the first Governor-General of the Philippines.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 3,904 out of 19,576. Before him are Felix Kersten, Giorgia Meloni, Gabriel Bethlen, Ala ad-Din Tekish, Andrea Gritti, and Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy. After him are Violet Jessop, Vladimir Ivashko, Empress Jingū, Władysław II the Exile, Teispes, and Chung Il-kwon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 7. Before him are Hurrem Sultan, Pope Gregory XIII, Atahualpa, John III of Portugal, La Malinche, and Pieter Coecke van Aelst. After him are Pedro Nunes, Thomas Tallis, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Barthel Beham. Among people deceased in 1572, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 13. Before him are Gaspard II de Coligny, John Knox, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Isaac Luria, Longqing Emperor, and Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland. After him are François Clouet, Petrus Ramus, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Jean Goujon, Ippolito II d'Este, and Claude Goudimel.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 347 out of 3,355. Before him are Berengaria of Castile (1180), Priscillian (340), Carmen Maura (1945), Juan Negrín (1892), Joan Laporta (1962), and Severo Ochoa (1905). After him are Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), Sancho III of Castile (1134), Ricardo Bofill (1939), and Al-Bakri (1014).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 120. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799), Francisco Largo Caballero (1869), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Pedro Sánchez (1972), Berengaria of Castile (1180), and Juan Negrín (1892). After him are Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), Sancho III of Castile (1134), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), José María Aznar (1953), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), and Achila II (695).

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