1470 - 1541
Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465/73, in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo, Spain – April 1541, in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain) was a Spanish author and dramatist, known for his only surviving work, La Celestina (originally titled Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), first published in 1499. It is variously considered "the last work of the Spanish Middle Ages or the first work of the Spanish Renaissance".Rojas wrote La Celestina while still a student. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando de Rojas has received more than 98,877 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Fernando de Rojas is the 1,888th most popular writer (up from 1,900th in 2019), the 651st most popular biography from Spain (down from 628th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Spanish Writer.
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Among writers, Fernando de Rojas ranks 1,888 out of 5,755. Before him are Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Augustin Barruel, Zinaida Gippius, Pierre Klossowski, Caterina Albert, and George Adamski. After him are Baba Tahir, Julien Gracq, Avraham Stern, Caecilius Statius, Eustathius of Thessalonica, and Philippe Quinault.
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,882
1741 - 1820
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,883
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,884
1905 - 2001
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,885
1869 - 1966
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,886
1891 - 1965
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,887
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,888
947 - 1032
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,889
1910 - 2007
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,890
1907 - 1942
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,891
230 BC - 168 BC
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,892
1101 - 1198
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,893
1635 - 1688
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,894
Among people born in 1470, Fernando de Rojas ranks 16. Before him are György Dózsa, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, Juan Díaz de Solís, Catherine of Navarre, Lucrezia de' Medici, and Tang Yin. After him are Vincenzo Catena, João I of Kongo, Wen Zhengming, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marco Basaiti, and Ludovico di Varthema. Among people deceased in 1541, Fernando de Rojas ranks 14. Before him are Gazi Husrev-beg, Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, Jean Clouet, Bernard van Orley, Thomas Culpeper, and Andreas Karlstadt. After him are Juan de Valdés and Wolfgang Capito.
1470 - 1514
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 10
1470 - 1524
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 11
1470 - 1516
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 12
1470 - 1517
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 13
1470 - 1553
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 14
1470 - 1524
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 15
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 16
1470 - 1531
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 17
1470 - 1506
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 18
1470 - 1559
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 19
1470 - 1535
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 20
1470 - 1530
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 21
1470 - 1517
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 22
1480 - 1541
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 8
1473 - 1541
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 9
1480 - 1541
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 10
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 11
1514 - 1541
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 12
1486 - 1541
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 13
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 14
1505 - 1541
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 15
1478 - 1541
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 16
Among people born in Spain, Fernando de Rojas ranks 651 out of 2,932. Before him are Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), Diego Laynez (1512), Luis de León (1527), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Thomas of Villanova (1486), and Caterina Albert (1869). After him are Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Pilar Bardem (1939), Juande Ramos (1954), Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050), Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), and Ferdinand de la Cerda (1255).
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 645
1512 - 1565
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 646
1527 - 1591
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 647
1845 - 1902
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 648
1486 - 1555
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 649
1869 - 1966
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 650
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 651
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 652
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 653
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 654
1050 - 1082
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 655
1526 - 1588
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 656
1255 - 1275
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 657
Among writers born in Spain, Fernando de Rojas ranks 73. Before him are Jorge Manrique (1440), Abbot Oliba (971), José de Acosta (1540), Luis de León (1527), Jacint Verdaguer (1845), and Caterina Albert (1869). After him are Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Jaume Cabré (1947), Mariano José de Larra (1809), Ramón Sampedro (1943), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), and Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943).
1440 - 1479
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 67
971 - 1046
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 68
1540 - 1600
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 69
1527 - 1591
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 70
1845 - 1902
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 71
1869 - 1966
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 72
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 73
1080 - 1170
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 74
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 75
1809 - 1837
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 76
1943 - 1998
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 77
1833 - 1891
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 78
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 79