OCCULTIST
Alessandro Cagliostro
1743 - 1795
Alessandro Cagliostro
Giuseppe Balsamo (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈbalsamo]; 2 June 1743 – 26 August 1795), known by the alias Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (US: ka(h)l-YAW-stroh, Italian: [alesˈsandro kaʎˈʎɔstro]), was an Italian occultist. Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician. He became a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he pursued various occult arts, including psychic healing, alchemy, and scrying. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Cagliostro has received more than 765,837 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Alessandro Cagliostro is the 8th most popular occultist, the 408th most popular biography from Italy (down from 401st in 2019) and the most popular Italian Occultist.
Alessandro Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician. He became a glamorous figure in European high society. Cagliostro was a skilled con artist and self-promoter.
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Page Views (PV)
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
8.51
Effective Languages (L*)
2.03
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Among OCCULTISTS
Among occultists, Alessandro Cagliostro ranks 8 out of 41. Before him are Grigori Rasputin, John Dee, Baba Vanga, Helena Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, and Count of St. Germain. After him are Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Allan Kardec, Éliphas Lévi, Joachim of Fiore, Edgar Cayce, and Anton LaVey.
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Aleister Crowley
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Count of St. Germain
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1743 - 1795
HPI: 70.11
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HPI: 68.01
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HPI: 63.07
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HPI: 62.65
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1743, Alessandro Cagliostro ranks 6. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, Madame du Barry, Jean-Paul Marat, and Luigi Boccherini. After him are Marquis de Condorcet, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Toussaint Louverture, and Nicolai Abildgaard. Among people deceased in 1795, Alessandro Cagliostro ranks 2. Before him is Louis XVII of France. After him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Sayat-Nova, François-André Danican Philidor, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Georg Benda, Carl Michael Bellman, Ahilyabai Holkar, Josiah Wedgwood, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria.
Others Born in 1743
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POLITICIAN
1743 - 1826
HPI: 89.53
Rank: 1
Antoine Lavoisier
CHEMIST
1743 - 1794
HPI: 82.14
Rank: 2
Madame du Barry
COMPANION
1743 - 1793
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 3
Jean-Paul Marat
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1743 - 1793
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 4
Luigi Boccherini
COMPOSER
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 5
Alessandro Cagliostro
OCCULTIST
1743 - 1795
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 6
Marquis de Condorcet
PHILOSOPHER
1743 - 1794
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 7
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria
POLITICIAN
1743 - 1808
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 8
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
PHILOSOPHER
1743 - 1819
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 9
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
CHEMIST
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 10
Toussaint Louverture
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1743 - 1803
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 11
Nicolai Abildgaard
PAINTER
1743 - 1809
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1795
Go to all RankingsLouis XVII of France
POLITICIAN
1785 - 1795
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 1
Alessandro Cagliostro
OCCULTIST
1743 - 1795
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 2
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
COMPOSER
1732 - 1795
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 3
Sayat-Nova
WRITER
1712 - 1795
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 4
François-André Danican Philidor
CHESS PLAYER
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 5
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 6
Georg Benda
COMPOSER
1722 - 1795
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 7
Carl Michael Bellman
MUSICIAN
1740 - 1795
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 8
Ahilyabai Holkar
POLITICIAN
1725 - 1795
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 9
Josiah Wedgwood
DESIGNER
1730 - 1795
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 10
Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1795
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 11
Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria
POLITICIAN
1772 - 1795
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 12
In Italy
Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Cagliostro ranks 408 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Silverius (490), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1519), Pietro Mascagni (1863), and Pope Innocent IV (1195). After him are Petronius Maximus (396), Antonio Meucci (1808), Philip Neri (1515), Pope Leo VII (900), Charles I of Hungary (1288), and Pope Anastasius I (340).
Others born in Italy
Go to all RankingsPope Silverius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
490 - 538
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 402
Luigi Boccherini
COMPOSER
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 403
Gabriele D'Annunzio
WRITER
1863 - 1938
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 404
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
POLITICIAN
1519 - 1574
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 405
Pietro Mascagni
COMPOSER
1863 - 1945
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 406
Pope Innocent IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1195 - 1254
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 407
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OCCULTIST
1743 - 1795
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 408
Petronius Maximus
POLITICIAN
396 - 455
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 409
Antonio Meucci
INVENTOR
1808 - 1889
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 410
Philip Neri
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1515 - 1595
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 411
Pope Leo VII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
900 - 939
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 412
Charles I of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1288 - 1342
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 413
Pope Anastasius I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
340 - 401
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 414
Among OCCULTISTS In Italy
Among occultists born in Italy, Alessandro Cagliostro ranks 1. After him are Joachim of Fiore (1135).