Birthdate: November 30, 1476

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Getaria, Spain

Died: August 4, 1526

Though Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan had started the first circumnavigation of the world, it was Basque explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano who completed it after Magellan’s death, manning the two ships left, despite issues such as scurvy and starvation. Elcano eventually died on a failed expedition to the Molucca Islands.