# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ynigo-ortiz-de-retez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:20:57.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ynigo-ortiz-de-retez"
name: "Yñigo Ortiz de Retez"
slug: "ynigo-ortiz-de-retez"
description: "Yñigo, Íñigo, or Iñigo Ortiz de Retes was a 16th-century Spanish maritime explorer of Basque origin, who navigated the northern coastline of the Pacific–Melanesian island of New Guinea and is credited with bestowing its current name."
tagline: "Spanish explorer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
deathDate: "1545"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.15
  momentum:             0.1224489795918367
  historical:           12.68452266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Іньїго Ортіс де Ретес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yñigo Ortiz de Retez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inigo_Ortiz_de_Retez"
    title: "Inigo Ortiz de Retez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_Ortiz_de_Retes"
    title: "Íñigo Ortiz de Retes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C3%B1igo_Ortiz_de_Retez"
    title: "Yñigo Ortiz de Retez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Íñigo Ortiz de Retes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B1igo_Ortiz_de_Retez"
    title: "Iñigo Ortiz de Retez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "یینیگو اورتیز دی رتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Íñigo Ortiz de Retes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo_Ortiz_de_Retes"
    title: "Íñigo Ortiz de Retes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%8B%88%EA%B3%A0_%EC%98%A4%EB%A5%B4%ED%8B%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EB%8D%B0_%EB%A0%88%ED%85%8C%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "이니고 오르티스 데 레테스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yñigo Ortiz de Retez"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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