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Top 100 Scientists in Spain

The most publicly visible scientists in Spain.

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The most famous scientists in Spain right now — ranked by the public attention they command across search, news, Wikipedia, and social.

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#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Hernán Cortés	Spain	Scientists	81.5	0.0
#2	—	Muhammad al-Idrisi	Spain	Scientists	66.7	17.7
#3	—	Francisco Pizarro	Spain	Scientists	64.6	0.9
#4	—	Juan Sebastián Elcano	Spain	Scientists	62.5	27.0
#5	—	Pedro de Alvarado	Spain	Scientists	57.7	4.8
#6	—	Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba	Spain	Scientists	57.4	5.3
#7	—	Juan Ponce de León	Spain	Scientists	57.2	0.0
#8	—	Alonso de Ojeda	Spain	Scientists	57.1	25.0
#9	—	Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca	Spain	Scientists	56.1	2.1
#10	—	Abbas ibn Firnas	Spain	Scientists	55.9	1.3
#11	—	Vasco Núñez de Balboa	Spain	Scientists	55.8	0.0
#12	—	Pedro de Mendoza	Spain	Scientists	55.1	14.6
#13	—	Leo Africanus	Spain	Scientists	55.0	1.2
#14	—	Juan Díaz de Solís	Spain	Scientists	54.9	5.8
#15	—	Andrés de Urdaneta	Spain	Scientists	54.9	17.4
#16	—	Javier Solana	Spain	Scientists	54.9	0.0
#17	—	João de Nóvoa	Spain	Scientists	54.8	5.5
#18	—	Juan de Oñate	Spain	Scientists	54.6	11.0
#19	—	Bartholomew Columbus	Spain	Scientists	54.5	3.2
#20	—	Miguel López de Legazpi	Spain	Scientists	54.5	2.2
#21	—	Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi	Spain	Scientists	54.4	1.5
#22	—	Francisco Vázquez de Coronado	Spain	Scientists	54.4	0.0
#23	—	Bernal Díaz del Brawl	Spain	Scientists	54.4	0.0
#24	—	Diego de Almagro	Spain	Scientists	54.3	0.0
#25	—	Eva Nogales	Spain	Scientists	54.3	15.4
#26	—	Junípero Serra	Spain	Scientists	54.2	0.0
#27	—	Benjamin of Tudela	Spain	Scientists	54.1	2.0
#28	—	Francisco J. Ayala	Spain	Scientists	54.0	2.6
#29	—	Pedro Menéndez de Avilés	Spain	Scientists	53.3	4.2
#30	—	Nicolás de Ovando	Spain	Scientists	53.1	15.0
#31	—	Gonzalo Pizarro	Spain	Scientists	52.9	0.0
#32	—	Ferdinand Columbus	Spain	Scientists	52.8	0.0
#33	—	Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada	Spain	Scientists	52.4	0.0
#34	—	Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa	Spain	Scientists	52.4	2.3
#35	—	Antonio	Spain	Scientists	52.2	0.0
#36	—	Juan de la Cierva	Spain	Scientists	52.2	0.0
#37	—	Juan Bautista de Anza	Spain	Scientists	52.1	4.0
#38	—	Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira	Spain	Scientists	52.0	0.7
#39	—	Sebastián de Belalcázar	Spain	Scientists	51.9	0.0
#40	—	Leonardo Torres Quevedo	Spain	Scientists	51.9	0.0
#41	—	LV Luís Vaz de Torres	Spain	Scientists	51.8	1.1
#42	—	Alonso de Ercilla	Spain	Scientists	51.8	0.0
#43	—	Francisco Hernández de Cordoba	Spain	Scientists	51.8	0.0
#44	—	Francisco de Montejo y León	Spain	Scientists	51.5	11.4
#45	—	Gaspar de Portolà	Spain	Scientists	51.5	0.1
#46	—	Mariano Barbacid	Spain	Scientists	51.3	5.6
#47	—	Jerónimo de Aguilar	Spain	Scientists	51.3	0.0
#48	—	Fausto Elhuyar	Spain	Scientists	51.0	13.1
#49	—	Josep Comas i Solà	Spain	Scientists	50.7	4.5
#50	—	Isaac Peral	Spain	Scientists	50.6	1.5
#51	—	Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol	Spain	Scientists	50.2	0.0
#52	—	Antonio José Cavanilles	Spain	Scientists	50.2	0.7
#53	—	Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturáin	Spain	Scientists	50.1	0.1
#54	—	Andrés Manuel del Río	Spain	Scientists	50.0	0.0
#55	—	Pedro Cieza de León	Spain	Scientists	49.9	0.0
#56	—	Sebastián Vizcaíno	Spain	Scientists	49.9	1.4
#57	—	Francisco Hernández de Córdoba Brito del Socorro y Nazareno	Spain	Scientists	49.8	0.0
#58	—	Cristina Garmendia	Spain	Scientists	49.7	12.6
#59	—	Hernando Pizarro	Spain	Scientists	49.7	0.0
#60	—	GJ García Jofre de Loaysa	Spain	Scientists	49.2	5.9
#61	—	Felipe de Neve	Spain	Scientists	49.1	12.4
#62	—	Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra	Spain	Scientists	49.0	5.5
#63	—	Francisco de Aguirre	Spain	Scientists	49.0	6.0
#64	—	Josu Jon Imaz	Spain	Scientists	49.0	0.0
#65	—	Nikolaus Federmann	Spain	Scientists	48.9	0.0
#66	—	Diego de Ordaz	Spain	Scientists	48.9	3.2
#67	—	Diego de Pantoja	Spain	Scientists	48.8	7.9
#68	—	GD Gaspar de Carvajal	Spain	Scientists	48.8	0.0
#69	—	Francisco de Ulloa	Spain	Scientists	48.8	6.2
#70	—	Álvaro de Saavedra	Spain	Scientists	48.5	1.0
#71	—	MC Martín Cortés, 2nd Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca	Spain	Scientists	48.5	1.2
#72	—	Francisco de Villagra	Spain	Scientists	48.4	4.9
#73	—	Pedro de Ursúa	Spain	Scientists	48.4	0.0
#74	—	LD Luis de Torres	Spain	Scientists	48.3	1.6
#75	—	JL José Luis Ortiz Moreno	Spain	Scientists	48.3	18.4
#76	—	BR Blas Ruiz	Spain	Scientists	48.3	10.0
#77	—	JF Juan Fernández	Spain	Scientists	48.2	0.0
#78	—	Ali Bey al-Abbasi	Spain	Scientists	48.1	0.0
#79	—	JS João Serrão	Spain	Scientists	47.8	16.6
#80	—	SA Said al-Andalusi	Spain	Scientists	47.8	0.0
#81	—	Heribert Barrera i Costa	Spain	Scientists	47.7	5.6
#82	—	Pedro de Heredia	Spain	Scientists	47.7	0.0
#83	—	Alonso Álvarez de Pineda	Spain	Scientists	47.6	0.0
#84	—	GD Gabriel de Castilla	Spain	Scientists	47.6	20.7
#85	—	Gil González Dávila	Spain	Scientists	47.5	0.0
#86	—	Juan de Ayala	Spain	Scientists	47.5	9.2
#87	—	Juan de Salazar de Espinosa	Spain	Scientists	47.3	1.4
#88	—	Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont	Spain	Scientists	47.3	0.4
#89	—	María de los Ángeles Alvariño González	Spain	Scientists	47.3	3.0
#90	—	Isabel Barreto	Spain	Scientists	47.0	0.0
#91	—	JD Juan de Ayolas	Spain	Scientists	46.9	1.8
#92	—	Rafael Guastavino	Spain	Scientists	46.7	0.0
#93	—	Faustino Míguez González	Spain	Scientists	46.5	5.1
#94	—	Rodrigo de Jerez	Spain	Scientists	46.4	0.0
#95	—	Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo	Spain	Scientists	46.3	0.0
#96	—	JJ Juan José Pérez Hernández	Spain	Scientists	46.1	3.2
#97	—	Hipólito Ruiz López	Spain	Scientists	46.1	0.0
#98	—	PD Pascual de Andagoya	Spain	Scientists	46.0	0.0
#99	—	Ñuflo de Chaves	Spain	Scientists	46.0	0.0
#100	—	FD Francisco de Hoces	Spain	Scientists	46.0	0.0