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Diogo Dias

1450 - 1500

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Diogo Dias, also known as Diogo Gomes, was a 15th-century Portuguese explorer. He was the brother of Bartolomeu Dias and discovered some of the Cape Verde islands together with António Noli. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diogo Dias is the 76th most popular explorer (down from 61st in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Diogo Dias is most famous for being the first person to circumnavigate the Earth.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Diogo Dias ranks 76 out of 498. Before him are Luís Vaz de Torres, Alonso de Ojeda, Jules Dumont d'Urville, Pêro da Covilhã, Willem Schouten, and John Smith. After him are Ármin Vámbéry, Juan Díaz de Solís, Xu Fu, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Richard Francis Burton, and Stepan Makarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Diogo Dias ranks 13. Before him are Yejong of Joseon, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Pêro da Covilhã, Martin Schongauer, and Gerard David. After him are Francisco de Almeida, Zagan Pasha, Marko Marulić, Veit Stoss, Heinrich Isaac, and Sikandar Lodi. Among people deceased in 1500, Diogo Dias ranks 2. Before him is Bartolomeu Dias. After him are Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Gil Eanes, Fernão do Pó, Doukas, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Bartolomé Bermejo, and John Morton.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Diogo Dias ranks 76 out of 633. Before him are Uriel da Costa (1585), Isaac Abarbanel (1437), Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Carmen Miranda (1909), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), and Jorge Jesus (1954). After him are Antonio Damasio (1944), Viriathus (-180), Francisco de Almeida (1450), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Catherine of Braganza (1638), and Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Diogo Dias ranks 8. Before him are Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), Prince Henry the Navigator (1394), Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467), Diogo Cão (1440), and Pêro da Covilhã (1450). After him are Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), and João Vaz Corte-Real (1420).

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