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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 1,106,852 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Miguel López de Legazpi is the 4,372nd most popular politician (down from 3,397th in 2019), the 392nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 296th in 2019) and the 139th 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, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 4,372 out of 15,577. Before him are Igor Ivanov, John Hawkwood, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Volusianus, Alberic II of Spoleto, and Rafael del Riego. After him are Diodotus Tryphon, Iry-Hor, Boris II of Bulgaria, Zakir Husain, Mōri Motonari, and Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 8. Before him are Pope Gregory XIII, Atahualpa, John III of Portugal, La Malinche, Thomas Tallis, and Pieter Coecke van Aelst. After him are Pedro Nunes, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Damião de Góis. Among people deceased in 1572, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 16. Before him are Isaac Luria, Longqing Emperor, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, Archduchess Barbara of Austria, François Clouet, and Petrus Ramus. After him are Ippolito II d'Este, Moses Isserles, Jean Goujon, Claude Goudimel, Petar Hektorović, and Galeazzo Alessi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 392 out of 2,932. Before him are Ibn Zuhr (1091), Ordoño II of León (873), Mercedes of Orléans (1860), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), and Rafael del Riego (1784). After him are Joseph Calasanz (1556), Pompeu Fabra (1868), Peter Claver (1581), Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), García II of Galicia (1042), and Theudis (470).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Miguel López de Legazpi ranks 139. Before him are Ramiro I of Asturias (790), Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (1498), Ramiro II of León (898), Henry I of Castile (1204), Ordoño II of León (873), and Rafael del Riego (1784). After him are Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco (1926), García II of Galicia (1042), Theudis (470), Chindasuinth (563), Juan, Count of Montizón (1822), and Carlos Arias Navarro (1908).

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