MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lautaro

1534 - 1557

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Lautaro (Anglicized as 'Levtaru') (Mapudungun: Lef-Traru "swift hawk") (Spanish pronunciation: [lawˈtaɾo]; c. 1534 – April 29, 1557) was a young Mapuche toqui known for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile and developing the tactics that would continue to be employed by the Mapuche during the long-running Arauco War. Levtaru was captured by Spanish forces in his early youth, and he spent his teenage years as a personal servant of chief conquistador Pedro de Valdivia. He graduated from servant to stableman; in this job he saw that their horses weren't godlike creates like his people thought (the biggest animal they knew was the llama). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lautaro is the 531st most popular military personnel, the 19th most popular biography from Chile and the most popular Chilean Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lautaro ranks 531 out of 2,058. Before him are Stepa Stepanović, Živojin Mišić, Jacques MacDonald, Pál Maléter, Creighton Abrams, and Cao Zhen. After him are Tamara Bunke, Callimachus, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Julian, Count of Ceuta, Walter Rauff, and Saitō Hajime.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1534, Lautaro ranks 10. Before him are Myeongjong of Joseon, Joseph of Anchieta, Isaac Luria, James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Guru Ram Das. After him are Abtai Sain Khan, Giovanni de' Bardi, Hans Bol, Setthathirath, Robert Garnier, and Zacharias Ursinus. Among people deceased in 1557, Lautaro ranks 11. Before him are Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Sebastian Cabot, and Emperor Go-Nara. After him are Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Ferrante Gonzaga, Galvarino, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Mohammed al-Shaykh, and John II, Count Palatine of Simmern.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Lautaro ranks 19 out of 321. Before him are Claudio Arrau (1903), Violeta Parra (1917), Roberto Bolaño (1953), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Elías Figueroa (1946), and Ricardo Lagos (1938). After him are Iván Zamorano (1967), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), Leonel Sánchez (1936), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Luis Corvalán (1916), and Roberto Matta (1911).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Chile

Among military personnels born in Chile, Lautaro ranks 1. After him are René Schneider (1913).

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