List of Famous people with last name Lezo

Blas de Lezo

First Name Blas
Last Name Lezo
Born on February 3, 1689
Died on September 7, 1741 (aged 52)

Blas de Lezo y Olavarrieta was a Spanish admiral best remembered for the Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1741) in modern-day Colombia, where Spanish imperial forces under his command resisted a siege by a large British invasion fleet under Admiral Edward Vernon. He has lately been promoted as one of the best strategists in naval history. Throughout his naval career, Lezo sustained numerous severe wounds. He lost his left eye, left hand, complete mobility of the right arm, and had his left leg amputated in situ after being hit by the projectile of a cannon.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.023432016372681s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.018737077713013s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.018707990646362s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0098710060119629s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.0041930675506592s
t_/blocks/person-card: 1x 0.0041210651397705s
router_page: 1x 0.0033800601959229s
headline: 2x 0.0028159618377686s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0025758743286133s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00069999694824219s
head-facts: 1x 0.0006260871887207s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00044488906860352s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 5.0067901611328E-5s
qids: 1.5x 1.5974044799805E-5s
related: 1x 2.8610229492188E-6s
using-file-qids-cache: 1x 1.1920928955078E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2024-05-06 17:43:05)  -----