1494 - 1547
Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Francoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis I of France has received more than 5,247,733 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Francis I of France is the 129th most popular politician (up from 148th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from France (up from 72nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Politician.
Francis I of France is most famous for being the first monarch of the House of Valois. He was also the first of the French kings to be crowned at Reims.
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Among politicians, Francis I of France ranks 129 out of 15,577. Before him are Xerxes I, Claudius, Mark Antony, Narendra Modi, Bayezid II, and Kim Jong-il. After him are Mehmed IV, Murad II, George W. Bush, Deng Xiaoping, Harry S. Truman, and Henry V of England.
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 123
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 124
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 125
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 126
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 127
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 128
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 129
1642 - 1693
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 130
1404 - 1451
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 131
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 132
1904 - 1997
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 133
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 134
1386 - 1422
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 135
Among people born in 1494, Francis I of France ranks 2. Before him is Suleiman the Magnificent. After him are François Rabelais, Fuzûlî, Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Lucas van Leyden, William Tyndale, and Rosso Fiorentino. Among people deceased in 1547, Francis I of France ranks 3. Before him are Henry VIII of England and Hernán Cortés. After him are Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pietro Bembo, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Saint Cajetan, Vittoria Colonna, Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey.
1494 - 1566
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 1
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 2
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 3
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 4
1494 - 1555
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 6
1494 - 1557
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 7
1494 - 1568
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 8
1494 - 1554
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 9
1494 - 1533
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 10
1494 - 1536
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 11
1494 - 1540
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 12
1491 - 1547
HPI: 86.01
Rank: 1
1485 - 1547
HPI: 81.70
Rank: 2
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 3
1503 - 1547
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 4
1485 - 1547
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 5
1470 - 1547
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 6
1467 - 1547
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 7
1503 - 1547
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 8
1480 - 1547
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 9
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 10
1472 - 1547
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 11
1516 - 1547
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Francis I of France ranks 52 out of 6,011. Before him are Auguste Rodin (1840), Pierre de Coubertin (1863), Michel de Montaigne (1533), Émile Zola (1840), Claudius (-10), and Brigitte Bardot (1934). After him are Pierre de Fermat (1601), Michel Foucault (1926), William the Conqueror (1028), Stendhal (1783), Gustave Flaubert (1821), and Edgar Degas (1834).
1840 - 1917
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 46
1863 - 1937
HPI: 80.21
Rank: 47
1533 - 1592
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 48
1840 - 1902
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 49
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 50
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 51
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 52
1601 - 1665
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 53
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 54
1028 - 1087
HPI: 79.27
Rank: 55
1783 - 1842
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 56
1821 - 1880
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 57
1834 - 1917
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 58
Among politicians born in France, Francis I of France ranks 12. Before him are Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Henry IV of France (1553), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Philip IV of France (1268), Louis XIII of France (1601), and Claudius (-10). After him are Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Louis IX of France (1214), Henry III of France (1551), Louis the Pious (778), and Caracalla (188).
1807 - 1882
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 6
1553 - 1610
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 7
1122 - 1190
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 8
1268 - 1314
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 9
1601 - 1643
HPI: 80.78
Rank: 10
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 11
1494 - 1547
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 12
1585 - 1642
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 13
1758 - 1794
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 14
1214 - 1270
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 15
1551 - 1589
HPI: 78.35
Rank: 16
778 - 840
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 17
188 - 217
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 18