1655 - 1731
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 722,922 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Bartolomeo Cristofori is the 31st most popular inventor (down from 26th in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from Italy (down from 312th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Inventor.
Bartolomeo Cristofori is most famous for inventing the piano in 1709.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among inventors, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 31 out of 354. Before him are Antonio Meucci, Werner von Siemens, James Naismith, Steve Wozniak, Denis Papin, and Ernő Rubik. After him are George Westinghouse, Robert Fulton, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Abbas ibn Firnas, László Bíró, and Ismail al-Jazari.
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 25
1816 - 1892
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 26
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 27
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 28
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 29
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 30
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 31
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 32
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 33
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 34
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 35
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 36
1136 - 1206
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 37
Among people born in 1655, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 3. Before him are Pope Innocent XIII and Charles XI of Sweden. After him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Zumbi, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Christian Thomasius, Rinaldo d'Este, Johann Christoph Denner, Philippe, Duke of Vendôme, Ferdinand Kettler, and Caspar Bartholin the Younger. Among people deceased in 1731, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Defoe. After him are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Brook Taylor, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Frederik Ruysch, Johann Ludwig Bach, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken.
1655 - 1724
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 1
1655 - 1697
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 2
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 3
1655 - 1720
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 4
1655 - 1695
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 5
1655 - 1707
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 6
1655 - 1728
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 7
1655 - 1737
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 8
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 9
1655 - 1727
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 10
1655 - 1737
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 11
1655 - 1738
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 12
1660 - 1731
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 1
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 2
1669 - 1731
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 3
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 4
1661 - 1731
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 5
1643 - 1731
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 6
1679 - 1731
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 7
1638 - 1731
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 8
1677 - 1731
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 9
1697 - 1731
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 10
1673 - 1731
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 11
1670 - 1731
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 375 out of 4,668. Before him are Renzo Piano (1937), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Matteo Ricci (1552), Pope Felix III (440), Pietro Badoglio (1871), and Pope Alexander IV (1200). After him are Pope Marinus I (830), Cato the Younger (-95), Camillo Golgi (1843), Bronzino (1503), Annibale Carracci (1560), and Pope Pelagius II (520).
1937 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 369
1489 - 1534
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 370
1552 - 1610
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 371
440 - 492
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 372
1871 - 1956
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 373
1200 - 1261
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 374
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 375
830 - 884
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 376
95 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 377
1843 - 1926
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 378
1503 - 1572
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 379
1560 - 1609
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 380
520 - 590
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 381
Among inventors born in Italy, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 4. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), and Antonio Meucci (1808). After him are Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), Max Valier (1895), and Andrew Viterbi (1935).
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.48
Rank: 1
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 3
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 4
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 5
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 6
1895 - 1930
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 8