487 - 583
Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (c. 485 – c. 585), commonly known as Cassiodorus (), was a Christian, Roman statesman, renowned scholar of antiquity, and writer serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cassiodorus has received more than 399,006 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Cassiodorus is the 524th most popular writer (down from 327th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 426th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Italian Writer.
Cassiodorus was an Italian scholar and statesman who was a leading figure in the court of Theodoric the Great. He was the author of the "Institutes" and the "Variae", and his writings on the monastic life, including the "Laws", were very influential in medieval monasticism.
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Among writers, Cassiodorus ranks 524 out of 5,755. Before him are Giacomo Leopardi, Jostein Gaarder, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Ismail Kadare, Giorgos Seferis, and Gérard de Nerval. After him are Sidney Sheldon, Lesya Ukrainka, T. S. Eliot, Paul Claudel, Muhammad Iqbal, and José Martí.
1798 - 1837
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 518
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 519
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 520
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 521
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 522
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 523
487 - 583
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 524
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 525
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 526
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 527
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 528
1877 - 1938
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 529
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 530
Among people born in 487, Cassiodorus ranks 1. After him is Malo. Among people deceased in 583, Cassiodorus ranks 1.
Among people born in Italy, Cassiodorus ranks 653 out of 4,668. Before him are Dario Argento (1940), Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666), Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), and John William Waterhouse (1849). After him are Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Theano (-600), Pope Sergius II (800), Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (1685), Pope Mark (290), and Joseph of Cupertino (1603).
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 647
229 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 648
1769 - 1824
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 649
1666 - 1732
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 650
1562 - 1630
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 651
1849 - 1917
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 652
487 - 583
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 653
361 BC - 289 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 654
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 655
800 - 847
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 656
1685 - 1712
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 657
290 - 336
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 658
1603 - 1663
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 659
Among writers born in Italy, Cassiodorus ranks 45. Before him are Statius (40), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Fausto Cercignani (1941), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798). After him are Aulus Gellius (123), Theocritus (-315), Dino Buzzati (1906), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Pietro Metastasio (1698), and Alessandro Manzoni (1785).
40 - 96
HPI: 66.71
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1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 40
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 41
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 42
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 43
1798 - 1837
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 44
487 - 583
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 45
123 - 180
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 46
315 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 47
1906 - 1972
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 48
1901 - 1968
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 49
1698 - 1782
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 50
1785 - 1873
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 51