A ghazi mariner born on Lesbos who became the greatest Kapudan Pasha (Grand Admiral) of the Ottoman Empire; appointed navy commander in 1533, he won the decisive Battle of Preveza in 1538 and consolidated Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean. He died in Istanbul in 1546 and was buried in his Beşiktaş tomb, built by Mimar Sinan in 1541. (Sources: TDV.)