1608 - 1697
António Vieira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɐ̃ˈtɔniu viˈɐjɾɐ]; 6 February 1608 – 18 July 1697) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest, diplomat, orator, preacher, philosopher, writer, and member of the Royal Council to the King of Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of António Vieira has received more than 154,109 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). António Vieira is the 2,386th most popular writer (down from 1,816th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 139th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Portuguese Writer.
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Among writers, António Vieira ranks 2,386 out of 5,755. Before him are Dionysios Solomos, Giovanni de' Bardi, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Franz Overbeck, Robert James Waller, and Jacques Futrelle. After him are Jim Corbett, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Guido Guinizelli, Jean Starobinski, Parthenius of Nicaea, and Kyōka Izumi.
1798 - 1857
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 2,380
1534 - 1612
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 2,381
970 - 1015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 2,382
1837 - 1905
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2,383
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2,384
1875 - 1912
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 2,385
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,386
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,387
1886 - 1913
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,388
1230 - 1276
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,389
1920 - 2019
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,390
1 BC - 14
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 2,391
1873 - 1939
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 2,392
Among people born in 1608, António Vieira ranks 11. Before him are Tukaram, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Ivan Vyhovsky, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and Eudoxia Streshneva. After him are Pieter Post, Jacob Adriaensz Backer, and Thomas Fuller. Among people deceased in 1697, António Vieira ranks 7. Before him are Charles XI of Sweden, Francesco Redi, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, Nicolaus Bruhns, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, and Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental. After him are Gregorio Barbarigo, Georg Mohr, John Aubrey, Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Filippo Baldinucci, and Jan de Bray.
1608 - 1650
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 5
1608 - 1679
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 6
1608 - 1657
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 7
1608 - 1664
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 8
1608 - 1670
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 9
1608 - 1645
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 10
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 11
1608 - 1669
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 12
1608 - 1651
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 13
1608 - 1661
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 14
1655 - 1697
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 1
1626 - 1697
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 2
1653 - 1697
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 3
1665 - 1697
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 4
1644 - 1697
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 5
1652 - 1697
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 6
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 7
1625 - 1697
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 8
1640 - 1697
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 9
1626 - 1697
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 10
1649 - 1697
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 11
1625 - 1697
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 12
1627 - 1697
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 13
Among people born in Portugal, António Vieira ranks 193 out of 555. Before him are Carlos do Carmo (1939), Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza (1568), Carlos Seixas (1704), Bento de Góis (1562), Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza (1801), and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211). After him are Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja (1506), Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Francisco de Sá Carneiro (1934), Vítor Baía (1969), Vasco Gonçalves (1921), and Joaquim de Almeida (1957).
1939 - 2021
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 187
1568 - 1630
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 188
1704 - 1742
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 189
1562 - 1607
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 190
1801 - 1876
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 191
1211 - 1231
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 192
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 193
1506 - 1555
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 194
1604 - 1657
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 195
1934 - 1980
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 196
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 197
1921 - 2005
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 198
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 199
Among writers born in Portugal, António Vieira ranks 13. Before him are Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Tomé Pires (1468), Camilo Castelo Branco (1825), Almeida Garrett (1799), and Luís Fróis (1532). After him are Menasseh Ben Israel (1604), Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919), Mariana Alcoforado (1640), Miguel Torga (1907), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and António Ferreira (1528).
1465 - 1536
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 7
1496 - 1570
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 8
1468 - 1540
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 9
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 10
1799 - 1854
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 11
1532 - 1597
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 12
1608 - 1697
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 13
1604 - 1657
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 14
1919 - 2004
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 15
1640 - 1723
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 16
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 17
1491 - 1558
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 18
1528 - 1569
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 19