1842 - 1918
Arrigo Boito (Italian: [arˈriːɡo ˈbɔito]; 24 February 1842 – 10 June 1918) (whose original name was Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito and who wrote essays under the anagrammatic pseudonym of Tobia Gorrio) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, librettist and composer, best known today for his libretti, especially those for Giuseppe Verdi's last two monumental operas Otello and Falstaff (not to mention Amilcare Ponchielli's operatic masterpiece La Gioconda) and his own opera Mefistofele. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arrigo Boito has received more than 169,587 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Arrigo Boito is the 791st most popular writer (up from 817th in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from Italy (down from 912th in 2019) and the 66th most popular Italian Writer.
Arrigo Boito was an Italian poet and composer. He is most famous for his libretto for Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello".
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Among writers, Arrigo Boito ranks 791 out of 5,755. Before him are John Jacob Astor IV, Bettina von Arnim, Artemidorus, John Fante, Wilhelm Hauff, and Peter Weiss. After him are Alejo Carpentier, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Fyodor Tyutchev, Ibn Hawqal, Wole Soyinka, and Nonnus.
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 785
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 786
200 - 200
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 787
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 788
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 789
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 790
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 791
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 792
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 793
1803 - 1873
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 794
943 - 988
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 795
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 796
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 797
Among people born in 1842, Arrigo Boito ranks 15. Before him are Dominic Savio, Josef Breuer, Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, and James Dewar. After him are Ambrose Bierce, Hermann Cohen, Carl von Linde, Georg Brandes, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, and Sophus Lie. Among people deceased in 1918, Arrigo Boito ranks 34. Before him are Ferdinand Hodler, Fanny Kaplan, Edmond Rostand, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Frederick Trump, and Ernesto Teodoro Moneta. After him are Hermann Cohen, Frank Wedekind, Lili Boulanger, Aleksandr Lyapunov, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and Eusebi Güell.
1842 - 1857
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 9
1842 - 1925
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 10
1842 - 1925
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 11
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 12
1842 - 1919
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 13
1842 - 1923
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 14
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 15
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 16
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 17
1842 - 1934
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 18
1842 - 1927
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 19
1842 - 1906
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 20
1842 - 1899
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 21
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 28
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1868 - 1918
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 30
1845 - 1918
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 31
1869 - 1918
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 32
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 33
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 34
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 35
1864 - 1918
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 36
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 37
1857 - 1918
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 38
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 39
1846 - 1918
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 40
Among people born in Italy, Arrigo Boito ranks 950 out of 4,668. Before him are Antipope Anacletus II (1090), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Guy III of Spoleto (900), Alessandro Marcello (1673), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), and Lucia Bosè (1931). After him are Archduchess Maria Clementina of Austria (1777), Frances of Rome (1384), Marcus Atilius Regulus (-299), Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Eros Ramazzotti (1963), and Carla Bruni (1967).
1090 - 1138
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 944
1483 - 1540
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 945
900 - 894
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 946
1673 - 1747
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 947
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 948
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 949
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 950
1777 - 1801
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 951
1384 - 1440
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 952
299 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 953
1523 - 1562
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 954
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 955
1967 - Present
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 956
Among writers born in Italy, Arrigo Boito ranks 66. Before him are Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Marie Mancini (1639), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Venantius Fortunatus (530), Cesare Pavese (1908), and Italo Svevo (1861). After him are Theognis of Megara (-570), Emilio Salgari (1862), Stesichorus (-630), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Valerius Maximus (-100), and Ibycus (-600).
524 BC - 435 BC
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 60
1639 - 1715
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 61
1916 - 1991
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 62
530 - 609
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 63
1908 - 1950
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 64
1861 - 1928
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 65
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 66
570 BC - 485 BC
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 67
1862 - 1911
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 68
630 BC - 555 BC
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 69
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 70
100 BC - 100
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 71
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 72