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Alessandro Manzoni

1785 - 1873

Alessandro Manzoni

Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (UK: , US: , Italian: [alesˈsandro manˈdzoːni]; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel The Betrothed (orig. Italian: I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Manzoni has received more than 476,714 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Alessandro Manzoni is the 600th most popular writer (up from 607th in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from Italy (down from 703rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular Italian Writer.

Alessandro Manzoni is most famous for his novel The Betrothed, which was published in 1827.

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480k
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64.97
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
68
Languages Editions (L)
2.94
Effective Languages (L*)
6.26
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Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 600 out of 5,755. Before him are Arthur Koestler, Samuel Butler, Eugène Sue, Michael Crichton, Samuel Johnson, and Demetrius Vikelas. After him are Camilo José Cela, France Prešeren, Pierre Loti, Anton Makarenko, John Donne, and Ludwig Tieck.

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Arthur Koestler
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 594
Samuel Butler
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 595
Eugène Sue
1804 - 1857
HPI: 65.00
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Michael Crichton
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HPI: 64.99
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Samuel Johnson
1709 - 1784
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Demetrius Vikelas
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Alessandro Manzoni
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 600
Camilo José Cela
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 601
France Prešeren
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 602
Pierre Loti
1850 - 1923
HPI: 64.92
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Anton Makarenko
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 604
John Donne
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 605
Ludwig Tieck
1773 - 1853
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 606

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 5. Before him are Louis XVII of France, Mahmud II, Jacob Grimm, and Karl Drais. After him are Bettina von Arnim, Lin Zexu, Claude-Louis Navier, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Thomas De Quincey, John James Audubon, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Among people deceased in 1873, Alessandro Manzoni ranks 7. Before him are Napoleon III, John Stuart Mill, David Livingstone, Justus von Liebig, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, and John of Saxony. After him are Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Fyodor Tyutchev, Vasil Levski, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg.

Others Born in 1785

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Louis XVII of France
1785 - 1795
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 1
Mahmud II
1785 - 1839
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 2
Jacob Grimm
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 3
Karl Drais
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 4
Alessandro Manzoni
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 5
Bettina von Arnim
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 6
Lin Zexu
1785 - 1850
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 7
Claude-Louis Navier
1785 - 1836
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 8
Florestan I, Prince of Monaco
1785 - 1856
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 9
Thomas De Quincey
1785 - 1859
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 10
John James Audubon
1785 - 1851
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 11
Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1785 - 1831
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 12