Barbarossa (real name: Oruc reis) is an Ottoman corsair born in 1474. He became known as Baba Oruç when he transported a lot of Morisco, Muslim and Jewish refugees from Spain to North Africa. Folk etymology in Europe transformed that name into Barbarossa (which means Redbeard in Italian). He was also known as Gümüş Kol (Silver Arm in Turkish) because he had replaced his arm (which he had lost during a battle against the Spaniards) with a silver prosthesis.