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Bartolomeo Cristofori

1655 - 1731

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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bartolomeo Cristofori has received more than 761,112 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Bartolomeo Cristofori is the 22nd most popular inventor (up from 31st in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Italy (up from 374th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Inventor.

Bartolomeo Cristofori is most famous for inventing the piano in 1709.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 22 out of 426. Before him are Louis Daguerre, George Stephenson, Rudolf Diesel, Nicéphore Niépce, Abbas ibn Firnas, and Werner von Siemens. After him are Samuel Colt, Ernő Rubik, Ismail al-Jazari, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Antonio Meucci, and Denis Papin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 2. Before him is Pope Innocent XIII. After him are Charles XI of Sweden, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Christian Thomasius, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Zumbi, Rinaldo d'Este, Bernard de Montfaucon, Johann Christoph Denner, Ferdinand Kettler, and Caspar Bartholin the Younger. Among people deceased in 1731, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Defoe. After him are Brook Taylor, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Frederik Ruysch, Johann Ludwig Bach, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 351 out of 5,161. Before him are Giulietta Masina (1921), Sofonisba Anguissola (1535), Enrico Dandolo (1107), Hippasus (-600), Bronzino (1503), and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710). After him are Vittore Carpaccio (1465), Pope Innocent I (378), Roberto Benigni (1952), Monica Bellucci (1964), Pope Alexander IV (1200), and Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 3. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452), and Guglielmo Marconi (1874). After him are Antonio Meucci (1808), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Angelo Moriondo (1851), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), Max Valier (1895), Giovanni Caselli (1815), and Andrew Viterbi (1935).

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