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Damião de Góis

1502 - 1574

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Damião de Góis (Portuguese: [dɐmiˈɐ̃w dɨ ˈɣɔjʃ]; February 2, 1502 – January 30, 1574), born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. He was a friend and student of Erasmus. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III of Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Damião de Góis has received more than 86,124 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Damião de Góis is the 50th most popular diplomat (down from 49th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 222nd in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Diplomat.

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  • 86k

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  • 59.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Damião de Góis ranks 50 out of 90. Before him are Zannanza, Friedrich Martens, Victoria Nuland, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Roger Casement, and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein. After him are Saburō Kurusu, Christiana Figueres, Ángel Sanz Briz, Selahattin Ülkümen, Adam von Trott zu Solz, and Jules Cambon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1502, Damião de Góis ranks 16. Before him are Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, Barthel Beham, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Susanna of Bavaria.  Among people deceased in 1574, Damião de Góis ranks 17. Before him are Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Guru Amar Das, Louis of Nassau, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. After him are Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Joachim Camerarius, Gáspár Heltai, and Hans Eworth.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Damião de Góis ranks 244 out of 633. Before him are André Villas-Boas (1977), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), António Simões (1943), José Torres (1938), António de Andrade (1580), and João Fernandes Lavrador (1453). After him are João César Monteiro (1939), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), John of Biclaro (540), Carlos do Carmo (1939), Maria de Medeiros (1965), and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia (1415).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Portugal

Among diplomats born in Portugal, Damião de Góis ranks 1. 

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