EXPLORER

Pedro Cieza de León

1520 - 1554

Photo of Pedro Cieza de León

Icon of person Pedro Cieza de León

Pedro Cieza de León (Llerena, Spain c. 1518 or 1520 – Seville, Spain July 2, 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler of Peru and Popayán. He is known primarily for his extensive work, Crónicas del Perú (The Chronicle of Peru), which has been a source of knowledge for centuries for different disciplines such as history, philology, geography, biology, anthropology, botany and zoology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Cieza de León has received more than 114,927 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Pedro Cieza de León is the 237th most popular explorer (down from 208th in 2019), the 877th most popular biography from Spain (down from 762nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Spanish Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 237 out of 498. Before him are Francisco Moreno, Jorge Álvares, Yerofey Khabarov, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Wulfstan of Hedeby, and Jan Czerski. After him are Yuri Lisyansky, Pehr Osbeck, Eduard von Toll, Grigory Potanin, Nikolaus Federmann, and Cristoforo Buondelmonti.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 19. Before him are Pontus De la Gardie, Madeleine of Valois, Aben Humeya, Moses Isserles, Gaspar Becerra, and Diego de Almagro II. After him are Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Giovanni Animuccia, Isabella di Morra, Jorge de Montemor, Girolamo Cassar, and Adam Bohorič. Among people deceased in 1554, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 12. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Hieronymus Bock, Sibylle of Cleves, and Gaspara Stampa. After him are Moretto da Brescia, Marcantonio Trivisan, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, and Islam Shah Suri.

Others Born in 1520

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1554

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 877 out of 3,355. Before him are Isabella of Castile, Duchess of York (1355), Francisco Bru (1885), Néstor Almendros (1930), Antonio María Rouco Varela (1936), Luis García Berlanga (1921), and Ramón Menéndez Pidal (1869). After him are Roberto Martínez (1973), Xavier Cugat (1900), Luis Arconada (1954), Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220), Abraham ibn Daud (1110), and Gilbert Horal (1200).

Others born in Spain

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 38. Before him are Paulo da Gama (1465), Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Francisco de Montejo (1479), and Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460). After him are Rodrigo de Jerez (1350), Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Pizarro (1511), João da Nova (1460), and Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548).

Spanish born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous