1475 - 1507
Cesare Borgia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtʃeːzare ˈbɔrdʒa, ˈtʃɛː-]; Valencian: Cèsar Borja [ˈsɛzaɾ ˈbɔɾdʒa]; Spanish: César Borja [ˈθesaɾ ˈβoɾxa]; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was an Italian cardinal and condottiero (mercenary leader), an illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI and member of the Valencian (Spanish-Aragonese) House of Borgia. His fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli. After initially entering the Church and becoming a cardinal on his father's election to the papacy, he resigned after the death of his brother in 1498. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cesare Borgia has received more than 5,361,674 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Cesare Borgia is the 26th most popular military personnel (down from 24th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Italy (up from 125th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Military Personnel.
Cesare Borgia is most famous for being the son of Pope Alexander VI and for his military conquests in Italy.
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Among military personnels, Cesare Borgia ranks 26 out of 1,468. Before him are Arminius, Ratko Mladić, Ptolemy I Soter, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Cao Cao, and Charles XIV John of Sweden. After him are Simo Häyhä, Jochi, Wilhelm Keitel, Friedrich Paulus, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Vercingetorix.
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 20
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 21
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 22
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 23
155 - 220
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 24
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 25
1475 - 1507
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 26
1905 - 2002
HPI: 76.07
Rank: 27
1181 - 1227
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 28
1882 - 1946
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 29
1890 - 1957
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 30
1542 - 1616
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 31
80 BC - 46 BC
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1475, Cesare Borgia ranks 3. Before him are Michelangelo and Pope Leo X. After him are Paolo Uccello, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Diego de Almagro, Beatrice d'Este, Sebastiano Serlio, Bernardino Luini, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, and Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick. Among people deceased in 1507, Cesare Borgia ranks 1. After him are Martin Behaim, Gentile Bellini, Francis of Paola, and Cosimo Rosselli.
1475 - 1564
HPI: 91.26
Rank: 1
1475 - 1521
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 2
1475 - 1507
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 3
1475 - 1475
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 4
1475 - 1519
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 5
1475 - 1538
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1475 - 1497
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 7
1475 - 1554
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 8
1475 - 1532
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 9
1475 - 1491
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 10
1475 - 1530
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 11
1475 - 1499
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 12
1475 - 1507
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 1
1459 - 1507
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 2
1429 - 1507
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 3
1416 - 1507
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 4
1439 - 1507
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 5
Among people born in Italy, Cesare Borgia ranks 121 out of 4,668. Before him are Agatha of Sicily (235), Scipio Africanus (-235), Pope Pius V (1504), Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), Cardinal Mazarin (1602), and Sulla (-138). After him are Pope Pius III (1439), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Clement I (40), Pope Gregory XVI (1765), Plautus (-254), and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463).
235 - 261
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 115
235 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 116
1504 - 1572
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 117
1820 - 1878
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 118
1602 - 1661
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 119
138 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 120
1475 - 1507
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 121
1439 - 1503
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 122
1568 - 1644
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 123
40 - 99
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 124
1765 - 1846
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 125
254 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 126
1463 - 1494
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 127
Among military personnels born in Italy, Cesare Borgia ranks 1. After him are Germanicus (-15), Andrea Doria (1466), Gaius Julius Caesar (-135), Nero Claudius Drusus (-38), Bohemond I of Antioch (1054), Matilda of Tuscany (1046), Giovanni Giustiniani (1418), Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Sejanus (-20), and Federico da Montefeltro (1422).
1475 - 1507
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 1
15 BC - 19
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 2
1466 - 1560
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 3
135 BC - 85 BC
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 4
38 BC - 9 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 5
1054 - 1111
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 6
1046 - 1115
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 7
1418 - 1453
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 8
229 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 9
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 10
20 BC - 31
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 11
1422 - 1482
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 12