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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 5,231,920 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Cosimo de' Medici is the 14th most popular businessperson (up from 20th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Italy (up from 292nd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Businessperson.

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

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 14 out of 601Before him are Jeff Bezos, Ingvar Kamprad, Sepp Blatter, George Soros, Vince McMahon, and Aristotle Onassis. After him are David Rockefeller, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Tim Cook, Colonel Sanders, Levi Strauss, and Bernard Arnault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1389, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 1After him are Isabella of Valois, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, Philip II, Count of Nevers, John V, Duke of Brittany, Antoninus of Florence, and Ahmad ibn Arabshah. Among people deceased in 1464, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 4Before him are Nicholas of Cusa, Pope Pius II, 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 286 out of 4,668Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (-700), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Pierre Cardin (1922), Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Pope Adrian II (792), and Giambattista Vico (1668). After him are Bonaventure (1221), Carlo Ancelotti (1959), Giuseppe Meazza (1910), Luigi Pirandello (1867), Pope Nicholas I (800), and Tiberius Gracchus (-163).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Cosimo de' Medici ranks 1After him are Guccio Gucci (1881), Ettore Bugatti (1881), Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916), Giovanni Agnelli (1866), Flavio Briatore (1950), Michele Ferrero (1925), Giulia Tofana (1581), Massimo Moratti (1945), Vincenzo Lancia (1881), Piero Ferrari (1945), and Mino Raiola (1967).