# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bartolome-ruiz
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:47.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bartolome-ruiz"
name: "Bartolomé Ruiz"
slug: "bartolome-ruiz"
description: "Bartolomé Ruiz, also known as Bartolomé Ruiz de Estrada, was a Spanish conquistador. He started his career as Christopher Columbus's pilot, before joining Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro on their conquest of Peru. Ruiz was a member of the Famous Thirteen. He is also the first European to see Ecuador, and the first to land and begin European exploration there."
tagline: "Spanish conquistador (1482-1532)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Los_13_de_la_Isla_del_Gallo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1482"
deathDate: "1532"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.142837333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Ruiz"
    title: "Bartolomé Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "بارتولومي رويز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Бартоломе Руис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Ruiz_de_Estrada"
    title: "Bartolomé Ruiz de Estrada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Ruiz"
    title: "Bartolomé Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_Ruiz_de_Estrada"
    title: "Bartolomé Ruiz de Estrada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9o_Ruiz"
    title: "Bartoloméo Ruiz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3655529"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump