MILITARY PERSONNEL

Gonzalo Guerrero

1470 - 1536

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Gonzalo Guerrero (also known as Gonzalo Marinero, Gonzalo de Aroca and Gonzalo de Aroza) was a sailor from Palos, Spain who was shipwrecked along the Yucatán Peninsula and was taken as a slave by the local Maya. Earning his freedom, Guerrero became a respected warrior under a Mayan lord and raised three of the first mestizo children in Mexico and one of the first mestizo children in the Americas, alongside Miguel Díez de Aux and the children of Caramuru and João Ramalho in Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gonzalo Guerrero is the 1,360th most popular military personnel (down from 1,044th in 2019), the 1,070th most popular biography from Spain (down from 815th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Spanish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gonzalo Guerrero ranks 1,360 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Chavchavadze, Oleg Kalugin, Shigeyoshi Inoue, William Calley, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, and Magnia Urbica. After him are Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Stefan Rowecki, Albert Sidney Johnston, Nicanor, Oskar Kummetz, and Sergei Shtemenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Gonzalo Guerrero ranks 25. Before him are Fernando de Rojas, João I of Kongo, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Bernardo Dovizi, Willibald Pirckheimer, and Ludovico di Varthema. After him are Marco Basaiti, Fernão de Loronha, Daniel Hopfer, and Polydore Vergil. Among people deceased in 1536, Gonzalo Guerrero ranks 20. Before him are Gil Vicente, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Ibn Kemal, Felice della Rovere, Jacob Hutter, and Juan Pizarro. After him are Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Marino Sanuto the Younger, Daniel Hopfer, and Hector Boece.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Gonzalo Guerrero ranks 1,070 out of 3,355. Before him are Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512), Kate Brown (1960), Joseíto (1926), Juan Pizarro (1511), Pedro Salinas (1891), and Joan Maragall (1860). After him are Julio Jiménez (1934), Joan Brossa (1919), Paco Ibáñez (1934), José Enrique Varela (1891), Manuel José Quintana (1772), and Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (1450).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Spain

Among military personnels born in Spain, Gonzalo Guerrero ranks 25. Before him are Miguel Cabanellas (1872), Agustina de Aragón (1786), Juan Yagüe (1891), Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma (1553), Miguel Ricardo de Álava (1772), and Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1875). After him are José Enrique Varela (1891), Vicente Rojo Lluch (1894), José Millán-Astray (1879), Juan Modesto (1906), Juan Martín Díez (1775), and Berenguer de Palou II (1101).

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