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.

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