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Amaro Pargo

1678 - 1747

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Amaro Rodríguez-Felipe y Tejera Machado (3 May 1678 – 4 October 1747), also known as Amaro Pargo, was a Spanish privateer and slave trader. He was one of the most well-known Spanish privateers during the Golden Age of Piracy. Pargo was noted for his commercial activities and for his frequent religious donations and aid to the poor. In his role as a privateer, he targeted trade routes between Cádiz and the Caribbean, on several occasions attacking British and Dutch merchant ships, earning recognition in his time as a hero and coming to be regarded as "the Spanish equivalent of Francis Drake". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amaro Pargo is the 2,076th most popular politician (up from 2,285th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Spain (up from 199th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Spanish Politician.

Amaro pargo is a type of fish that is most famous for its high levels of mercury.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amaro Pargo ranks 2,076 out of 19,576. Before him are Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Mark Rutte, Desiderius, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. After him are Odilo Globočnik, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Pierre Trudeau, Teti, Pedro V of Portugal, and Injo of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1678, Amaro Pargo ranks 4. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Yongzheng Emperor. After him are Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse, Filippo Juvarra, Francesco Farnese, Duke of Parma, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Peter Lacy, Pierre Raymond de Montmort, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, and Jakob Hermann. Among people deceased in 1747, Amaro Pargo ranks 2. Before him is Nader Shah. After him are Giovanni Bononcini, Alain-René Lesage, Alessandro Marcello, Catherine Opalińska, Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Giuseppe Crespi, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, and Philip Johan von Strahlenberg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Amaro Pargo ranks 158 out of 3,355. Before him are Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), Camilo José Cela (1916), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Matilde Camus (1919), James II of Aragon (1267), and John II of Castile (1405). After him are Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), Paco Rabanne (1934), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), and Ferdinand I of Naples (1423).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Amaro Pargo ranks 50. Before him are Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155), Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1567), Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1726), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), James II of Aragon (1267), and John II of Castile (1405). After him are Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), Al-Hakam II (915), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), John II of Aragon (1398), and José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903).

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