1444 - 1476
Galeazzo Maria Sforza (24 January 1444 – 26 December 1476) was the fifth Duke of Milan from 1466 until 1476. He was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would gain the Duchy of Milan in 1450, and Bianca Maria Visconti. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Galeazzo Maria Sforza has received more than 416,015 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Galeazzo Maria Sforza is the 135th most popular nobleman (up from 155th in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from Italy (up from 869th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Nobleman.
Galeazzo Maria Sforza was the Duke of Milan and a member of the House of Sforza. He is most famous for being the son of Ludovico Sforza, who was the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.
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Among noblemen, Galeazzo Maria Sforza ranks 135 out of 842. Before him are Odo of France, Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia, Maria Goretti, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Caroline Matilda of Great Britain. After him are Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Miguel I of Portugal, Sophia of Hanover, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Leopold III, Duke of Austria.
859 - 898
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 129
1876 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 130
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 131
1761 - 1818
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 132
1750 - 1806
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 133
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 134
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 135
1846 - 1930
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 136
1802 - 1866
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 137
1630 - 1714
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 138
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 139
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 140
1351 - 1386
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1444, Galeazzo Maria Sforza ranks 1. After him are Gaston, Prince of Viana, Dionisius, and Nilakantha Somayaji. Among people deceased in 1476, Galeazzo Maria Sforza ranks 4. Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Simonetta Vespucci, and Regiomontanus. After him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, George VIII of Georgia, Stefan Branković, and Pietro Mocenigo.
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 1
1444 - 1470
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 2
1444 - 1502
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 3
1444 - 1544
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 4
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 1
1453 - 1476
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 2
1436 - 1476
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 4
1409 - 1476
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 5
1451 - 1476
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 6
1425 - 1476
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 7
1407 - 1476
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 8
1417 - 1476
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 9
1417 - 1476
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 10
1406 - 1476
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 11
Among people born in Italy, Galeazzo Maria Sforza ranks 736 out of 4,668. Before him are Gaius Octavius (-100), Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835), Pope Theodore II (840), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Henry of Germany (1211), and Gigliola Cinquetti (1947). After him are Gianni Agnelli (1921), Faustina the Younger (125), Beatrice Cenci (1577), Pupienus (170), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), and Jacobus da Varagine (1228).
100 BC - 58 BC
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 730
1835 - 1910
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 731
840 - 897
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 732
1698 - 1782
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 733
1211 - 1242
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 734
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 735
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 736
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 737
125 - 175
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 738
1577 - 1599
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 739
170 - 238
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 740
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 741
1228 - 1298
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 742
Among noblemen born in Italy, Galeazzo Maria Sforza ranks 16. Before him are Piero the Unfortunate (1472), Gaius Caesar (-20), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Joanna I of Naples (1326), Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), and Maria Goretti (1890). After him are Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Isabella d'Este (1474), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), and Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753).
1472 - 1503
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 10
20 BC - 4
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 11
1469 - 1494
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 12
1326 - 1382
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 13
1360 - 1429
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 14
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 15
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 16
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 17
1474 - 1539
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 18
1475 - 1497
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 19
1493 - 1530
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 20
1476 - 1534
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 21
1753 - 1810
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 22