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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Andrea Amati

1505 - 1577

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Andrea Amati was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy. Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played. Many of the surviving instruments were among a consignment of 38 instruments delivered to Charles IX of France in 1564. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrea Amati has received more than 149,066 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Andrea Amati is the 760th most popular religious figure (up from 770th in 2019), the 1,013th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,132nd in 2019) and the 267th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Andrea Amati is most famous for being the first violin maker to produce violins with a scroll that was curved.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Andrea Amati ranks 760 out of 2,238Before him are Onesimus, Nectarios of Aegina, John Mott, Papias of Hierapolis, Emma Morano, and Nikephoros I of Constantinople. After him are Karmapa, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Saint Cajetan, Robert de Sorbon, and Adnan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Andrea Amati ranks 3Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and Mary of Hungary. After him are Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Michel de l'Hôpital, Christine of Saxony, Mikołaj Rej, Christoph Amberger, Kanijeli Siyavuş Pasha, Nikolaus Federmann, and Juan de Valdés. Among people deceased in 1577, Andrea Amati ranks 3Before him are Eric XIV of Sweden and Ismail II. After him are Devlet I Giray, Şah Sultan, Anna of Saxony, Pedro Nunes, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Alvise I Mocenigo, Scipione Rebiba, and Gjon Buzuku.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Amati ranks 1,013 out of 4,668Before him are Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Francesco Albani (1578), Roberto Cavalli (1940), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Emma Morano (1899), and Giambattista della Porta (1535). After him are Michele Placido (1946), Alberto Sordi (1920), Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823), Alessandro Algardi (1595), Pietro Locatelli (1695), and Cosimo Rosselli (1439).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Andrea Amati ranks 267Before him are Frances of Rome (1384), Hippolytus of Rome (170), Melania the Younger (383), Antipope Nicholas V (1260), Romuald (951), and Emma Morano (1899). After him are Saint Cajetan (1480), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), Angela of Foligno (1248), Saint Susanna (280), Gemma Galgani (1878), and Giuseppe Moscati (1880).