1500 - 1544
Ruy López de Villalobos (Spanish pronunciation: [ruj ˈlopeθ ðe βiʝaˈloβos]; c. 1500 – 23 April 1546) was a Spanish explorer who led a failed attempt to colonize the Philippines in 1544, attempting to assert Spanish control there under the terms of the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza. Unable to feed his men through barter, raiding, or farming and unable to request resupply from Mexico due to poor knowledge of the Pacific's winds and currents, Villalobos abandoned his mission and fled to the Portuguese-held Moluccas, where he died in prison. He is chiefly remembered for some sources crediting him with naming Leyte the "Philippine Island" in honor of the Spanish crown prince Philip (later King Philip II). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruy López de Villalobos has received more than 406,819 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruy López de Villalobos is the 219th most popular explorer (down from 181st in 2019), the 788th most popular biography from Spain (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Spanish Explorer.
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Among explorers, Ruy López de Villalobos ranks 219 out of 405. Before him are Bento de Góis, Jan Czerski, Cristoforo Buondelmonti, Alejandro Malaspina, René Caillié, and Jean-Baptiste Charcot. After him are Wulfstan of Hedeby, Lady Hester Stanhope, Julius Popper, Niccolò de' Conti, Nikolaus Federmann, and Thorvald Asvaldsson.
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 213
1845 - 1892
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 214
1385 - 1430
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 215
1754 - 1810
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 216
1799 - 1838
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 217
1867 - 1936
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 218
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 219
800 - 850
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 220
1776 - 1839
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 221
1857 - 1893
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 222
1395 - 1469
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 223
1505 - 1542
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 224
950 - 980
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 225
Among people born in 1500, Ruy López de Villalobos ranks 33. Before him are Nuno Tristão, Luis de Milán, Jan Mandijn, Ambrosius Benson, Gaspar de Lemos, and Sebald Beham. After him are Jacob Hutter, Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Luis de Narváez, Leonardo III Tocco, Rum Mehmed Pasha, and Robert de Nola. Among people deceased in 1544, Ruy López de Villalobos ranks 10. Before him are Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Clément Marot, Pedro Damiano, Johannes Magnus, Valerius Cordus, and Louis V, Elector Palatine. After him are Antonio de Guevara, Teofilo Folengo, Bonaventure des Périers, and Nilakantha Somayaji.
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 27
1500 - 1561
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 28
1500 - 1560
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 29
1500 - 1550
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 30
1500 - 1600
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 31
1500 - 1550
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 32
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 33
1500 - 1536
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 34
1500 - 1566
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 35
1500 - 1555
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 36
1500 - 1499
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 37
1500 - 1470
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 38
1500 - 1600
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 39
1489 - 1544
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 4
1495 - 1544
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 5
1480 - 1544
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 6
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 7
1515 - 1544
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8
1478 - 1544
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 9
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 10
1480 - 1544
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 11
1491 - 1544
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 12
1510 - 1544
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 13
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 14
Among people born in Spain, Ruy López de Villalobos ranks 788 out of 2,932. Before him are Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera (1866), Aioulf (400), Salvador de Madariaga (1886), Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga (1956), Wifred II, Count of Barcelona (900), and Melchor Cano (1509). After him are Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606), Chus Lampreave (1930), Luis Ricardo Falero (1851), Luis Molowny (1925), Domingo de Soto (1494), and Juan O'Donojú (1762).
1866 - 1930
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 782
400 - 457
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 783
1886 - 1978
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 784
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 785
900 - 911
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 786
1509 - 1560
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 787
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 788
1606 - 1682
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 789
1930 - 2016
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 790
1851 - 1896
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 791
1925 - 2010
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 792
1494 - 1560
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 793
1762 - 1821
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 794
Among explorers born in Spain, Ruy López de Villalobos ranks 38. Before him are Gerónimo de Aguilar (1489), Paulo da Gama (1465), Francisco de Bobadilla (1500), Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1499), Francisco de Montejo (1479), and Pedro Cieza de León (1520). After him are Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Rodrigo de Bastidas (1460), Juan de Garay (1528), Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519), Juan Fernández (1536), and Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548).
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
1460 - 1527
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 40
1528 - 1583
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 41
1519 - 1574
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 42
1536 - 1604
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 43
1548 - 1624
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 44