PHILOSOPHER

Brunetto Latini

1220 - 1294

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Brunetto Latini (who signed his name Burnectus Latinus in Latin and Burnecto Latino in Italian; c. 1220–1294) was an Italian philosopher, scholar, notary, politician and statesman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brunetto Latini has received more than 327,392 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Brunetto Latini is the 407th most popular philosopher (up from 443rd in 2019), the 1,158th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,267th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Italian Philosopher.

Brunetto Latini is most famous for being the tutor of Dante Alighieri and for writing the poem "The Divine Comedy."

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Brunetto Latini ranks 407 out of 1,267. Before him are Timon of Phlius, Chantal Mouffe, Leszek Kołakowski, Christian Thomasius, Eubulides, and Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach. After him are Peter Sloterdijk, Phaedo of Elis, Franciscus Patricius, Franz Rosenzweig, Eudemus of Rhodes, and Buddhaghosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1220, Brunetto Latini ranks 6. Before him are Pope Martin IV, Alexander Nevsky, Roger Bacon, William of Rubruck, and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. After him are Stefan Uroš I, Traidenis, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, Ugolino della Gherardesca, Emperor Go-Saga, and Enzo of Sardinia. Among people deceased in 1294, Brunetto Latini ranks 2. Before him is Kublai Khan. After him are Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, John I, Duke of Brabant, Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, Al-Busiri, Dmitry of Pereslavl, and Rabban Bar Sauma.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Brunetto Latini ranks 1,158 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Giampiero Boniperti (1928), Antipope Ursicinus (400), Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), and Giovanni Leone (1908). After him are Drusus Julius Caesar (-13), Andrea Amati (1505), Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Antipope Clement III (1025), and Antipope Boniface VII (1000).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Brunetto Latini ranks 31. Before him are Giovanni Gentile (1875), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Aristoxenus (-360), Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Pietro Pomponazzi (1462). After him are Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Giles of Rome (1243), Thomas Cajetan (1469), Gianni Vattimo (1936), Lucilio Vanini (1585), and Vittorino da Feltre (1378).

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