1539 - 1606
Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān; February 1539 – January 20, 1606), was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary born in Chieti, part of the Kingdom of Naples, who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan and China. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro Valignano has received more than 267,212 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alessandro Valignano is the 933rd most popular religious figure (down from 925th in 2019), the 1,321st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,406th in 2019) and the 299th most popular Italian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Alessandro Valignano ranks 933 out of 2,238. Before him are Peter Mogila, William Miller, Paolo Giovio, John of Leiden, Peter Claver, and Reginald Pole. After him are Severinus of Noricum, José Freire Falcão, Heinrich Bullinger, Antipope Victor IV, Jacob Frank, and Bavo of Ghent.
1596 - 1647
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 927
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 928
1483 - 1552
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 929
1509 - 1536
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 930
1581 - 1654
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 931
1500 - 1558
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 932
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 933
410 - 482
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 934
1925 - 2021
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 935
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 936
1095 - 1164
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 937
1726 - 1791
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 938
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 939
Among people born in 1539, Alessandro Valignano ranks 4. Before him are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Federico Zuccari, and Archduchess Barbara of Austria. After him are Fausto Sozzini, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Catherine Vasa of Sweden, Chōsokabe Motochika, George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, and Jost Amman. Among people deceased in 1606, Alessandro Valignano ranks 6. Before him are Guy Fawkes, False Dmitry I, Justus Lipsius, Karel van Mander, and Stephen Bocskai. After him are Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Guru Arjan, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and John Lyly.
1539 - 1616
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 1
1539 - 1609
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 2
1539 - 1572
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 3
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 4
1539 - 1604
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 5
1539 - 1606
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 6
1539 - 1610
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 7
1539 - 1599
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 8
1539 - 1603
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 9
1539 - 1595
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 10
1539 - 1583
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 11
1539 - 1591
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 12
1570 - 1606
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 1
1581 - 1606
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 2
1547 - 1606
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 3
1548 - 1606
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 4
1557 - 1606
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 5
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 6
1569 - 1606
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 7
1539 - 1606
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 8
1563 - 1606
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 9
1536 - 1606
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 10
1538 - 1606
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 11
1554 - 1606
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Alessandro Valignano ranks 1,321 out of 4,668. Before him are Scipione del Ferro (1465), Gioffre Borgia (1481), Gianna Nannini (1954), Timaeus of Locri (-200), Tito Gobbi (1913), and Lambert of Italy (880). After him are Pietro Della Valle (1586), Piero Manzoni (1933), Mario Capecchi (1937), Renata Scotto (1934), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), and Andreas Hofer (1767).
1465 - 1526
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,315
1481 - 1517
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,316
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,317
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,318
1913 - 1984
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,319
880 - 898
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,320
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 1,321
1586 - 1652
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,322
1933 - 1963
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,323
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,324
1934 - 2023
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,325
1872 - 1919
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,326
1767 - 1810
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,327
Among religious figures born in Italy, Alessandro Valignano ranks 299. Before him are Arnold of Brescia (1100), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Tatiana of Rome (200), Antipope John XVI (1000), and Paolo Giovio (1483). After him are Peter of Verona (1206), Agostino Casaroli (1914), Felix of Cantalice (1515), Ippolito de' Medici (1511), Margaret of Cortona (1247), and Caesar Baronius (1538).
1100 - 1155
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 293
1486 - 1537
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 294
788 - 847
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 295
200 - 226
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 296
1000 - 1001
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 297
1483 - 1552
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 298
1539 - 1606
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 299
1206 - 1252
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 300
1914 - 1998
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 301
1515 - 1587
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 302
1511 - 1535
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 303
1247 - 1297
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 304
1538 - 1607
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 305