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Pedro Cieza de León

Spanish conquistador

1520 - 1554

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His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Pedro Cieza de León is the 218th most popular explorer (up from 237th in 2024), the 780th most popular biography from Spain (up from 877th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Spanish Explorer.

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Among Explorers

Among explorers, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 218 out of 498. Before him are Ruy López de Villalobos, Jorge Álvares, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Wilhelm Filchner, Bartolomeu Perestrello, and Ohthere of Hålogaland. After him are Alejandro Malaspina, Jacob van Heemskerck, Hendrik Brouwer, Joshua Slocum, Pero Escobar, and Mark Sykes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1520, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 15. Before him are Koca Sinan Pasha, Matthias Flacius, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thoinot Arbeau, Pontus De la Gardie, and Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine. After him are Aben Humeya, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Diego de Almagro II, Moses Isserles, Isabella di Morra, and Estácio de Sá. Among people deceased in 1554, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 12. Before him are Sebastiano Serlio, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Sibylle of Cleves, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, and Hieronymus Bock. After him are Gaspara Stampa, Moretto da Brescia, Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Marcantonio Trivisan, and Islam Shah Suri.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 780 out of NaN. Before him are José Luis Mendilibar (1961), Aznar Galíndez I (800), Luis de Milán (1500), Ramón de la Fuente Leal (1907), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), and Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943). After him are Estanislao Figueras (1819), Bartolomé Bermejo (1440), Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1911), Lucius Licinius Sura (40), Aben Humeya (1520), and Catalina de Erauso (1592).

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Among Explorers In Spain

Among explorers born in Spain, Pedro Cieza de León ranks 39. Before him are Paulo da Gama (1465), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Francisco de Montejo (1479), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Ruy López de Villalobos (1500), and Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489). After him are Juan de Garay (1528), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Rodrigo de Jerez (1350), Juan Fernández (1536), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), and Juan Pizarro (1511).

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