1502 - 1574
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 79,139 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Damião de Góis is the 49th most popular diplomat (down from 43rd in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 211th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Diplomat.
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Among diplomats, Damião de Góis ranks 49 out of 52. Before him are Ralph Bunche, Richard Holbrooke, Friedrich Martens, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Paul Schmidt, and J. Christopher Stevens. After him are Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Victoria Nuland, Ángel Sanz Briz, Jules Cambon, William J. Burns, and Selahattin Ülkümen.
1904 - 1971
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 43
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 44
1845 - 1909
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 45
1891 - 1974
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 46
1899 - 1970
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 47
1960 - 2012
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 48
1502 - 1574
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 49
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 50
1961 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 51
1910 - 1980
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 52
1845 - 1935
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 53
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 54
1914 - 2003
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 55
Among people born in 1502, Damião de Góis ranks 14. Before him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Pedro Nunes, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Otto Henry, Elector Palatine, Heinrich Aldegrever, and Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him is Barthel Beham. Among people deceased in 1574, Damião de Góis ranks 15. Before him are Ebussuud Efendi, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Louis of Nassau, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and Guru Amar Das. After him are Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Giovanni Battista Giraldi, and Gáspár Heltai.
1502 - 1572
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 8
1502 - 1577
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 9
1502 - 1539
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 10
1502 - 1559
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 11
1502 - 1555
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 12
1502 - 1532
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 13
1502 - 1574
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 14
1502 - 1540
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 15
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
1514 - 1574
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
1524 - 1574
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 11
1538 - 1574
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 12
1514 - 1574
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 13
1479 - 1574
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 14
1502 - 1574
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 15
1519 - 1574
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 16
1504 - 1574
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 17
1510 - 1574
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 18
Among people born in Portugal, Damião de Góis ranks 223 out of 555. Before him are Afonso, Duke of Porto (1865), Garcia de Orta (1499), Maria de Medeiros (1965), John de Britto (1647), Manuel Monteiro de Castro (1938), and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510). After him are Miguel Torga (1907), António José de Almeida (1866), Paulo Bento (1969), Estêvão Gomes (1484), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and António Ferreira (1528).
1865 - 1920
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 217
1499 - 1568
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 218
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 219
1647 - 1693
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 220
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 221
1510 - 1563
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 222
1502 - 1574
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 223
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 224
1866 - 1929
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 225
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 226
1484 - 1538
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 227
1491 - 1558
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 228
1528 - 1569
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 229
Among diplomats born in Portugal, Damião de Góis ranks 1.