1941 - 2019
Francesco Maria Columbu (August 7, 1941 – August 30, 2019) was an Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor, author, producer, and a licensed chiropractor. Originally a boxer, Columbu won the Mr. Olympia in 1976 and 1981, and competed in the inaugural edition of the World's Strongest Man in 1977, where he placed fifth. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franco Columbu has received more than 2,475,793 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Franco Columbu is the 524th most popular actor (up from 752nd in 2019), the 1,023rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,372nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Actor.
Columbus is most famous for being the first European to make contact with the Americas. He sailed from Spain and landed in the Bahamas, believing he had found a new route to Asia.
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Among actors, Franco Columbu ranks 524 out of 10,030. Before him are Margot Robbie, Brandon Lee, Lisa Kudrow, Sydney Chaplin, Frances McDormand, and Jessica Tandy. After him are Horst Tappert, Fanny Ardant, Joanne Woodward, John Forsythe, William Fichtner, and Jean-Pierre Léaud.
1990 - Present
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 518
1965 - 1993
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 519
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 520
1926 - 2009
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 521
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 522
1909 - 1994
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 523
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 524
1923 - 2008
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 525
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 526
1930 - Present
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 527
1918 - 2010
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 528
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 529
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 530
Among people born in 1941, Franco Columbu ranks 61. Before him are Frank Farian, Jules A. Hoffmann, Claudine Auger, Eric Burdon, Roberto Carlos, and Linda McCartney. After him are Toyo Ito, Bobby Moore, Otis Redding, Robert Forster, Milan Kučan, and Riccardo Muti. Among people deceased in 2019, Franco Columbu ranks 43. Before him are Marie Laforêt, Luke Perry, B. J. Habibie, Giya Kancheli, Lennart Johansson, and Claudine Auger. After him are Nuon Chea, Prem Tinsulanonda, David J. Thouless, Manfred Eigen, Ferdinand Piëch, and Robert Forster.
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 55
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 56
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 57
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 58
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 59
1941 - 1998
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 60
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 61
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 62
1941 - 1993
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 63
1941 - 1967
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 64
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 66
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 67
1939 - 2019
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 37
1966 - 2019
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 38
1936 - 2019
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 39
1935 - 2019
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 40
1929 - 2019
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 41
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 42
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 43
1926 - 2019
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 44
1920 - 2019
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 45
1934 - 2019
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 46
1927 - 2019
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 47
1937 - 2019
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 48
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 49
Among people born in Italy, Franco Columbu ranks 1,023 out of 4,088. Before him are Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508), Tiberius Gemellus (19), Stesichorus (-630), Antonio Negri (1933), and Luigi Riva (1944). After him are Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), Giovanni Messe (1883), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), Filippo Inzaghi (1973), Veronica Franco (1546), and Antipope Ursicinus (400).
1706 - 1784
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 1,017
1508 - 1559
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 1,018
19 - 38
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 1,019
630 BC - 555 BC
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 1,020
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 1,021
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 1,022
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 1,023
1767 - 1827
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 1,024
1883 - 1968
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 1,025
1920 - 1995
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 1,026
1973 - Present
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 1,027
1546 - 1591
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 1,028
400 - 384
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 1,029
Among actors born in Italy, Franco Columbu ranks 25. Before him are Monica Vitti (1931), Lino Ventura (1919), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), Raffaella Carrà (1943), and Alberto Sordi (1920). After him are Raf Vallone (1916), Michele Placido (1946), Eleonora Duse (1858), Totò (1898), Elsa Martinelli (1935), and Ugo Tognazzi (1922).
1931 - Present
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 19
1919 - 1987
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 20
1933 - 1994
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 21
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 22
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 23
1920 - 2003
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 24
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 25
1916 - 2002
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 26
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 27
1858 - 1924
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 28
1898 - 1967
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 29
1935 - 2017
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 30
1922 - 1990
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 31