Johan van Galen

Johan van Galen (1604 – 23 March 1653) was a Commodore in the navy of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. He was born in Essen. He fought in the Eighty Years' War against Spain, in 1645 against Denmark and in the First Anglo-Dutch War against the Commonwealth of England. He was killed at the Battle of Leghorn, where his fleet destroyed the English mediterranean fleet. Cornelis Tromp was then a young captain under his command.