1526 - 1588
Álvaro de Bazán y Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz (12 December 1526 – 9 February 1588), was a Spanish admiral and landlord. He took part in the seizure of the rock of Vélez de la Gomera (1564), the relief to the besieged during the Great Siege of Malta (1565), the quelling of the Alpujarras Rebellion (1569), the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the conquest of Tunis (1573), the incorporation of Portugal to the Hispanic monarchy (1580), and the conquest of Terceira (1582).He was never defeated, a remarkable achievement in a fifty-year-long career. His personal galley was known as La Loba ('The She-Wolf'), after her golden figurehead. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz has received more than 50,450 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz is the 801st most popular military personnel (down from 669th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from Spain (down from 573rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 801 out of 1,468. Before him are Yekaterina Budanova, Gunichi Mikawa, Nureddin Pasha, Dietrich von Saucken, Karl Ernst, and Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. After him are Walter Stennes, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Philip Sheridan, Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, Henri Gouraud, and Otto von Lossow.
1916 - 1943
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 795
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 796
1873 - 1932
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 797
1892 - 1980
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 798
1904 - 1934
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 799
1725 - 1807
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 800
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 801
1895 - 1983
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 802
1905 - 1946
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 803
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 804
758 - 811
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 805
1867 - 1946
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 806
1868 - 1938
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 807
Among people born in 1526, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 11. Before him are Rafael Bombelli, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Benedict the Moor, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, and Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are Bâkî and Juan Fernández Navarrete. Among people deceased in 1588, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 12. Before him are 3rd Dalai Lama, Henri, Prince of Condé, Qi Jiguang, Johann Weyer, Bernardino Telesio, and Alonso Sánchez Coello. After him are Giorgio Biandrata, Louis of Granada, Diego Durán, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Nicolás Monardes.
1526 - 1573
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 5
1526 - 1586
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 6
1526 - 1586
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 7
1526 - 1589
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 8
1526 - 1580
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 9
1526 - 1569
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 10
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 11
1526 - 1600
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 12
1526 - 1579
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 13
1543 - 1588
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 6
1552 - 1588
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 7
1527 - 1588
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 8
1515 - 1588
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 9
1509 - 1588
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 10
1531 - 1588
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 11
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 12
1515 - 1588
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 13
1504 - 1588
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 14
1537 - 1588
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 15
1559 - 1588
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 16
1508 - 1588
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 17
Among people born in Spain, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 656 out of 2,932. Before him are Caterina Albert (1869), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Pilar Bardem (1939), Juande Ramos (1954), and Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050). After him are Ferdinand de la Cerda (1255), Agila I (null), Count Theodosius (310), Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), Luis de Morales (1509), and Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080).
1869 - 1966
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 650
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 651
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 652
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 653
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 654
1050 - 1082
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 655
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 656
1255 - 1275
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 657
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 658
310 - 376
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 659
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 660
1509 - 1586
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 661
1080 - 1170
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 662
Among military personnels born in Spain, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz ranks 11. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1453), John of Austria the Younger (1629), José Sanjurjo (1872), Antonio Tejero (1932), Inés Suárez (1507), and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550). After him are Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), Gaius Laelius (-300), Serena (365), Blas de Lezo (1689), José Miaja (1878), and Agustina de Aragón (1786).
1453 - 1515
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 5
1629 - 1679
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 6
1872 - 1936
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 8
1507 - 1580
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 9
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 10
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 11
1553 - 1625
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 12
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 13
365 - 408
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 14
1689 - 1741
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 15
1878 - 1958
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 16
1786 - 1857
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 17