1259 - 1285
Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesca da Rimini has received more than 562,375 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Francesca da Rimini is the 502nd most popular writer (up from 575th in 2019), the 619th most popular biography from Italy (up from 676th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Italian Writer.
Francesca da Rimini is most famous for being the wife of Gianciotto Malatesta, who murdered her and her lover, Paolo, in Dante's Inferno.
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Among writers, Francesca da Rimini ranks 502 out of 5,755. Before her are Harriet Tubman, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, John le Carré, Nadine Gordimer, and Beatrix Potter. After her are Jean Paul, Al-Maʿarri, Allen Ginsberg, Saul Bellow, Héloïse, and Marina Tsvetaeva.
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 496
1394 - 1465
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 497
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 498
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 499
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 500
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 501
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 502
1763 - 1825
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 503
973 - 1057
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 504
1926 - 1997
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 505
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 506
1101 - 1164
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 507
1892 - 1941
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 508
Among people born in 1259, Francesca da Rimini ranks 2. Before her is Andronikos II Palaiologos. After her are Ubertino of Casale, Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, Rudrama Devi, Demetrius II of Georgia, and Cerverí de Girona. Among people deceased in 1285, Francesca da Rimini ranks 5. Before her are Philip III of France, Charles I of Anjou, Pope Martin IV, and Peter III of Aragon. After her are Kunigunda of Halych, Theodora of Trebizond, Philip I, Count of Savoy, John I, Duke of Saxony, Yekuno Amlak, Rutebeuf, and John II of Jerusalem.
1259 - 1332
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 2
1259 - 1330
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 3
1259 - 1303
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 4
1259 - 1289
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 5
1259 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 6
1259 - 1285
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 7
1245 - 1285
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 1
1226 - 1285
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 2
1220 - 1285
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 3
1239 - 1285
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 4
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 5
1245 - 1285
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 6
1253 - 1285
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 7
1207 - 1285
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 8
1249 - 1285
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 9
1300 - 1285
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 10
1300 - 1285
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 11
1260 - 1285
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Francesca da Rimini ranks 619 out of 4,668. Before her are Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Giulio Andreotti (1919), Paolo Maldini (1968), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Pierluigi Collina (1960). After her are Pope John II (470), Gaius Caesar (-20), Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (1810), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Pope Stephen VII (850), and Alphonsus Liguori (1696).
1154 - 1198
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 613
260 BC - 211 BC
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 614
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 615
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 616
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 617
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 618
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 619
470 - 535
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 620
20 BC - 4
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 621
1810 - 1859
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 622
1469 - 1494
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 623
850 - 931
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 624
1696 - 1787
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 625
Among writers born in Italy, Francesca da Rimini ranks 42. Before her are Ennius (-239), Livius Andronicus (-280), Grazia Deledda (1871), Statius (40), Baldassare Castiglione (1478), and Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896). After her are Fausto Cercignani (1941), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Cassiodorus (487), Aulus Gellius (123), Theocritus (-315), and Dino Buzzati (1906).
239 BC - 169 BC
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 36
280 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 37
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 38
40 - 96
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 39
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 40
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 41
1259 - 1285
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 42
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 43
1798 - 1837
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 44
487 - 583
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 45
123 - 180
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 46
315 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 47
1906 - 1972
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 48