DIPLOMAT

Giovanni Villani

1276 - 1348

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Giovanni Villani (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni vilˈlaːni]; c. 1276 or 1280 – 1348) was an Italian banker, official, diplomat and chronicler from Florence who wrote the Nuova Cronica (New Chronicles) on the history of Florence. He was a leading statesman of Florence but later gained an unsavoury reputation and served time in prison as a result of the bankruptcy of a trading and banking company he worked for. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni Villani has received more than 206,678 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Giovanni Villani is the 31st most popular diplomat (down from 28th in 2019), the 1,530th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,461st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Diplomat.

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  • 59.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Giovanni Villani ranks 31 out of 90. Before him are Megasthenes, Thomas Klestil, Édith Cresson, Irina Bokova, Hans Blix, and Alfonso García Robles. After him are George Blake, Yukiya Amano, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Amr Moussa, Ralph Bunche, and Porfirio Rubirosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1276, Giovanni Villani ranks 5. Before him are Stefan Dečanski, Christopher II of Denmark, Louis, Count of Évreux, and Margaret of Brabant. After him are Prince Hisaaki, and Fenenna of Kuyavia. Among people deceased in 1348, Giovanni Villani ranks 7. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Andrea Pisano, Pietro Lorenzetti, Laura de Noves, Al-Dhahabi, and Bernardo Daddi. After him are Blanche of Valois, Don Juan Manuel, Emperor Hanazono, Barlaam of Seminara, Ferrer Bassa, and Charles, Duke of Durazzo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Villani ranks 1,530 out of 5,161. Before him are Licio Gelli (1919), Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1136), Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841), Girolamo Riario (1443), Guido of Siena (1230), and Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (190). After him are Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773), Hippo (-500), Rothari (606), Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1726), Accursius (1182), and Simone Inzaghi (1976).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Italy

Among diplomats born in Italy, Giovanni Villani ranks 2. Before him are Gaius Marius (-157). After him are Ambrogio Contarini (1429), Filippo Grandi (1957), and Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo (1940).

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