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Cosimo de' Medici

1389 - 1464

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Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance. His power derived from his wealth as a banker and intermarriage with other rich and powerful families. He was a patron of arts, learning, and architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cosimo de' Medici has received more than 5,400,553 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Cosimo de' Medici is the 21st most popular businessperson (down from 14th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Italy (down from 285th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Businessperson.

Cosimo de' Medici is most famous for being the first of the Medici family to rule Florence.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 21 out of 847. Before him are Aristotle Onassis, Bernard Arnault, Levi Strauss, Florentino Pérez, Tim Cook, and Jeffrey Epstein. After him are Ludwig Erhard, David Rockefeller, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Steve Ballmer, Amancio Ortega, and Colonel Sanders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1389, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 1. After him are John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Isabella of Valois, John V, Duke of Brittany, Philip II, Count of Nevers, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Antoninus of Florence, and Zbigniew Oleśnicki. Among people deceased in 1464, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 4. Before him are Pope Pius II, Nicholas of Cusa, and Rogier van der Weyden. After him are Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, Blanche II of Navarre, Zagan Pasha, Bernardo Rossellino, Catherine of Poděbrady, Desiderio da Settignano, and Bartolomeo Bon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 334 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Marinus I (830), Salvatore Riina (1930), Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Pope Eugene II (780), Giambattista Vico (1668), and Antonio da Correggio (1489). After him are Pope Agatho (574), Tinto Brass (1933), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Pope Sergius III (860), Albano Carrisi (1943), and Reinhold Messner (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 2. Before him are Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916). After him are Guccio Gucci (1881), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Flavio Briatore (1950), Michele Ferrero (1925), Piero Ferrari (1945), Massimo Moratti (1945), Vincenzo Lancia (1881), Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421), and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947).

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