Geografo

Gerardo Mercatore

1512 - 1594

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Gerardo Mercatore

La sua biografia è disponibile in 67 lingue su Wikipedia. Gerardo Mercatore è il 4° geografo più popolare, la 13ª biografia più popolare della Belgio (in calo dal 9ª nel 2019) e il geografo più popolare della Belgio.

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Among Geografos

Among geografos, Gerardo Mercatore ranks 4 out of 86. Before him are Eratosthenes, Strabo, and Alexander von Humboldt. After him are Muhammad al-Idrisi, Piri Reis, Pausanias, Abraham Ortelius, Martin Waldseemüller, Carl Ritter, David Harvey, and Ferdinand von Richthofen.

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Eratosthenes
276 BC - 194 BC
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 1
Strabo
64 BC - 23
HPI: 84.37
Rank: 2
Alexander von Humboldt
1769 - 1859
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 3
Gerardus Mercator
1512 - 1594
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 4
Muhammad al-Idrisi
1100 - 1165
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 5
Piri Reis
1470 - 1554
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 6
Pausanias
110 - 180
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 7
Abraham Ortelius
1527 - 1598
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Martin Waldseemüller
1470 - 1520
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 9
Carl Ritter
1779 - 1859
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 10
David Harvey
1935 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 11
Ferdinand von Richthofen
1833 - 1905
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1512, Gerardo Mercatore ranks 2. Before him is James V of Scotland. After him are Catherine Parr, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Henry, King of Portugal, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Niccolò dell'Abbate, Devlet I Giray, Sibylle of Cleves, Robert Recorde, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, and Prospero Fontana. Among people deceased in 1594, Gerardo Mercatore ranks 3. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Tintoretto. After him are Orlande de Lassus, Ishikawa Goemon, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Martin Frobisher, Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, Bálint Balassi, William Allen, and Girolamo Mei.

Others Born in 1512

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James V of Scotland
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1542
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 1
Gerardus Mercator
GEOGRAPHER
1512 - 1594
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 2
Catherine Parr
COMPANION
1512 - 1548
HPI: 79.40
Rank: 3
Judah Loew ben Bezalel
PHILOSOPHER
1512 - 1609
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 4
Henry, King of Portugal
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1580
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 5
Manco Inca Yupanqui
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1544
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 6
Niccolò dell'Abbate
PAINTER
1512 - 1571
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 7
Devlet I Giray
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1577
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 8
Sibylle of Cleves
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1554
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 9
Robert Recorde
MATHEMATICIAN
1512 - 1558
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 10
Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł
POLITICIAN
1512 - 1584
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 11
Prospero Fontana
PAINTER
1512 - 1597
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1594

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
COMPOSER
1520 - 1594
HPI: 83.45
Rank: 1
Tintoretto
PAINTER
1518 - 1594
HPI: 81.96
Rank: 2
Gerardus Mercator
GEOGRAPHER
1512 - 1594
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 3
Orlande de Lassus
COMPOSER
1534 - 1594
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 4
Ishikawa Goemon
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1558 - 1594
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 5
Archduchess Eleanor of Austria
POLITICIAN
1534 - 1594
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 6
Martin Frobisher
EXPLORER
1535 - 1594
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 7
Alonso de Ercilla
WRITER
1533 - 1594
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 8
Thomas Kyd
WRITER
1558 - 1594
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 9
Bálint Balassi
WRITER
1554 - 1594
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 10
William Allen
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1532 - 1594
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 11
Girolamo Mei
HISTORIAN
1519 - 1594
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 12