PILOT
Gregorio Fuentes
1897 - 2002

Gregorio Fuentes
G.L Fuentes (July 11, 1897 – January 13, 2002) was a fisherman and the first mate of the Pilar, the boat belonging to the American writer Ernest Hemingway. Fuentes was born in Arrecife on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. He first went to sea as deck boy with his father at age 10. As a teenager, he worked on cargo ships out of the Canary Islands to Trinidad and Puerto Rico, and from the Spanish ports of Valencia and Sevilla to South America. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregorio Fuentes is the 53rd most popular pilot (up from 55th in 2019), the 1,551st most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,611th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Pilot.
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Among PILOTS
Among pilots, Gregorio Fuentes ranks 53 out of 71. Before him are Natalya Meklin, Vladimir Kokkinaki, Maguba Syrtlanova, Anna Yegorova, Nikolai Kamanin, and Mariya Dolina. After him are Stasys Girėnas, Tatyana Makarova, Wally Funk, Maryse Bastié, Hélène Boucher, and Adrienne Bolland.
Most Popular Pilots in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNatalya Meklin
1922 - 2005
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 47
Vladimir Kokkinaki
1904 - 1985
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 48
Maguba Syrtlanova
1912 - 1971
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 49
Anna Yegorova
1916 - 2009
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 50
Nikolai Kamanin
1908 - 1982
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 51
Mariya Dolina
1922 - 2010
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 52
Gregorio Fuentes
1897 - 2002
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 53
Stasys Girėnas
1893 - 1933
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 54
Tatyana Makarova
1920 - 1944
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 55
Wally Funk
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 56
Maryse Bastié
1898 - 1952
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 57
Hélène Boucher
1908 - 1934
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 58
Adrienne Bolland
1895 - 1975
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 59
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1897, Gregorio Fuentes ranks 241. Before him are Henri Frankfort, Edgard Colle, Pixinguinha, Ossi Oswalda, Sabino Bilbao, and Choʻlpon. After him are Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer, Isabel Briggs Myers, Nils Asther, Dorothy Arzner, Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, and Émile Albrecht. Among people deceased in 2002, Gregorio Fuentes ranks 233. Before him are Lance Macklin, Eugen Meier, Marcel Hansenne, Stephen E. Ambrose, Mahmoud Fayad, and Zoran Janković. After him are Rui Campos, Čestmír Vycpálek, Alexander Kazantsev, Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Mustafa Mansour, and Eduard Gufeld.
Others Born in 1897
Go to all RankingsHenri Frankfort
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1897 - 1954
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 235
Edgard Colle
CHESS PLAYER
1897 - 1932
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 236
Pixinguinha
MUSICIAN
1897 - 1973
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 237
Ossi Oswalda
ACTOR
1897 - 1947
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 238
Sabino Bilbao
SOCCER PLAYER
1897 - 1983
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 239
Choʻlpon
WRITER
1897 - 1938
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 240
Gregorio Fuentes
PILOT
1897 - 2002
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 241
Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
NOBLEMAN
1897 - 1972
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 242
Isabel Briggs Myers
WRITER
1897 - 1980
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 243
Nils Asther
ACTOR
1897 - 1981
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 244
Dorothy Arzner
FILM DIRECTOR
1897 - 1979
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 245
Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
TENNIS PLAYER
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 246
Émile Albrecht
ATHLETE
1897 - 1927
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 247
Others Deceased in 2002
Go to all RankingsLance Macklin
RACING DRIVER
1919 - 2002
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 227
Eugen Meier
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 2002
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 228
Marcel Hansenne
ATHLETE
1917 - 2002
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 229
Stephen E. Ambrose
HISTORIAN
1936 - 2002
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 230
Mahmoud Fayad
ATHLETE
1925 - 2002
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 231
Zoran Janković
ATHLETE
1940 - 2002
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 232
Gregorio Fuentes
PILOT
1897 - 2002
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 233
Rui Campos
SOCCER PLAYER
1922 - 2002
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 234
Čestmír Vycpálek
SOCCER PLAYER
1921 - 2002
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 235
Alexander Kazantsev
WRITER
1906 - 2002
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 236
Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2002
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 237
Mustafa Mansour
SOCCER PLAYER
1914 - 2002
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 238
Eduard Gufeld
CHESS PLAYER
1936 - 2002
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 239
In Spain
Among people born in Spain, Gregorio Fuentes ranks 1,551 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Manuel Lillo (1965), Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols (1872), Juan de Mena (1411), Ángel Atienza (1931), Luis Marín (1906), and José Callejón (1987). After him are Emilio Rodríguez (1923), Antonio Creus (1924), Ángel Ganivet (1865), Abel Resino (1960), León Felipe (1884), and Antonia San Juan (1961).
Others born in Spain
Go to all RankingsJuan Manuel Lillo
COACH
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 1,545
Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1949
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,546
Juan de Mena
WRITER
1411 - 1456
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,547
Ángel Atienza
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2015
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 1,548
Luis Marín
SOCCER PLAYER
1906 - 1974
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 1,549
José Callejón
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,550
Gregorio Fuentes
PILOT
1897 - 2002
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,551
Emilio Rodríguez
CYCLIST
1923 - 1984
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,552
Antonio Creus
RACING DRIVER
1924 - 1996
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,553
Ángel Ganivet
WRITER
1865 - 1898
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,554
Abel Resino
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,555
León Felipe
WRITER
1884 - 1968
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,556
Antonia San Juan
ACTOR
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,557
Among PILOTS In Spain
Among pilots born in Spain, Gregorio Fuentes ranks 1.