# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melchor-diaz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:03:19.107Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melchor-diaz"
name: "Melchor Díaz"
slug: "melchor-diaz"
description: "Melchor Díaz was a Spanish conquistador who was Governor of Culiacan. He is best known for leading a 25-man auxiliary party during the 1540 Coronado expedition. In December 1540 Díaz crossed the Colorado River which he named the Rio de Tizon, making him the first European in the modern state of California to set foot and explore west of the Colorado River, reaching mudpots near Cerro Prieto, and in the Imperial Valley."
tagline: "Spanish explorer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Melchor_D%C3%ADaz.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1541"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.873758666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchor_D%C3%ADaz"
    title: "Melchor Díaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchior_D%C3%ADaz"
    title: "Melchior Díaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchor_D%C3%ADaz"
    title: "Melchor Díaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchor_D%C3%ADaz"
    title: "Melchor Díaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A6'%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%93%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A1"
    title: "מלצ'יור דיאס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melchor_D%C3%ADaz"
    title: "Melchor Díaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376778"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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