1465 - 1499
Paulo da Gama (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; ca. 1465 in Olivença, Kingdom of Portugal – June or July 1499 at Angra do Heroísmo, Kingdom of Portugal) was a Portuguese explorer, son of Estêvão da Gama and Isabel Sodré, and the older brother of Vasco da Gama. He was a member of the first voyage from Europe to India, led by his brother, commanding the ship São Rafael, which would be later scuttled in the return trip. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paulo da Gama has received more than 45,120 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Paulo da Gama is the 161st most popular explorer (up from 167th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from Spain (up from 636th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Spanish Explorer.
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Among explorers, Paulo da Gama ranks 161 out of 405. Before him are Samuel Wallis, Ahmad ibn Rustah, Anthony van Diemen, Sophie Blanchard, Gerónimo de Aguilar, and Gil Eanes. After him are Pedro Mascarenhas, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Lancelotto Malocello, Matthew Flinders, Vasily Tatishchev, and Filipa Moniz Perestrelo.
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 155
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 156
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 157
1778 - 1819
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 158
1489 - 1531
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 159
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 160
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 161
1484 - 1555
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 162
1734 - 1797
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 163
1270 - 1336
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 164
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 165
1686 - 1750
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 166
1455 - 1485
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 167
Among people born in 1465, Paulo da Gama ranks 10. Before him are Mehmed I Giray, Scipione del Ferro, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Hans Holbein the Elder, Gil Vicente, and Agostino Chigi. After him are Bramantino, Jan Provoost, Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Shō Shin, Johann von Staupitz, and Hector Boece. Among people deceased in 1499, Paulo da Gama ranks 6. Before him are Marsilio Ficino, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Alesso Baldovinetti, Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, and Stephen Zápolya. After him are Bartolomeo Vivarini, Perkin Warbeck, Leonardo III Tocco, and Laura Cereta.
1465 - 1523
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 4
1465 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 5
1465 - 1482
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 6
1465 - 1524
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 7
1465 - 1536
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 8
1465 - 1520
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 9
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 10
1465 - 1530
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
1465 - 1529
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 12
1465 - 1489
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 13
1465 - 1526
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 14
1465 - 1524
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 15
1465 - 1536
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 16
1433 - 1499
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 1
1455 - 1499
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 2
1425 - 1499
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 3
1475 - 1499
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 4
1401 - 1499
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 5
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 6
1432 - 1499
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 7
1474 - 1499
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 8
1500 - 1499
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 9
1469 - 1499
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 10
Among people born in Spain, Paulo da Gama ranks 631 out of 2,932. Before him are María Zambrano (1904), José Antonio Aguirre (1904), Jorge Manrique (1440), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), and Abbot Oliba (971). After him are Ángel Nieto (1947), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560), José de Acosta (1540), Antonio de Cabezón (1510), and Elsa Pataky (1976).
1904 - 1991
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 625
1904 - 1960
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 626
1440 - 1479
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 627
1489 - 1531
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 628
1784 - 1849
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 629
971 - 1046
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 630
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 631
1947 - 2017
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 632
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 633
1560 - 1627
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 634
1540 - 1600
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 635
1510 - 1566
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 636
1976 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 637
Among explorers born in Spain, Paulo da Gama ranks 33. Before him are João da Nova (1460), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1500), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Juan de Grijalva (1480), and Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489). After him are Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), and Pedro Arias Dávila (1443).
1460 - 1509
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 27
1469 - 1526
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 28
1500 - 1517
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 29
1480 - 1551
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 30
1480 - 1527
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 31
1489 - 1531
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 32
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 33
1500 - 1502
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 34
1499 - 1543
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 35
1479 - 1553
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 36
1520 - 1554
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 37
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 38
1443 - 1531
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 39