1774 - 1849
Giuseppe Gasparo Mezzofanti (17 September 1774 – 15 March 1849) was an Italian cardinal known for being a hyperpolyglot. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti has received more than 170,013 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti is the 841st most popular religious figure (down from 744th in 2019), the 1,156th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,079th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular Italian Religious Figure.
Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti was a priest and scholar who was most famous for his ability to speak and translate many languages.
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Among religious figures, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 841 out of 2,238. Before him are Ebussuud Efendi, Gerard of Csanád, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Giuseppe Bertello, Abdullah ibn Salam, and Isidore the Laborer. After him are Pope Leo VIII, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Athanasius the Athonite, Saint Silvia, Diego de Landa, and Antipas of Pergamum.
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 835
980 - 1046
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 836
1436 - 1517
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 837
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 838
550 - 643
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 839
1080 - 1130
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 840
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 841
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 842
1073 - 1162
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 843
920 - 1003
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 844
515 - 592
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 845
1524 - 1579
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 846
100 - 92
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 847
Among people born in 1774, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 8. Before him are Auguste de Marmont, Anne Catherine Emmerich, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Francis Beaufort, and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. After him are Gaspare Spontini, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Charles Bell, William Henry, Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, and Christian Leopold von Buch. Among people deceased in 1849, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 18. Before him are Heonjong of Joseon, France Prešeren, Şehzade Abdullah, Juliette Récamier, Otto Nicolai, and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. After him are William Miller, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Lajos Batthyány, Anita Garibaldi, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, and Juliusz Słowacki.
1774 - 1852
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 2
1774 - 1824
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 3
1774 - 1862
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 4
1774 - 1837
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 5
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 6
1774 - 1838
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 7
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 8
1774 - 1851
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 9
1774 - 1833
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 10
1774 - 1842
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 11
1774 - 1836
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 12
1774 - 1856
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 13
1774 - 1853
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 14
1827 - 1849
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 12
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 13
1776 - 1849
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 14
1777 - 1849
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 15
1810 - 1849
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 16
1792 - 1849
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 17
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 18
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 19
1798 - 1849
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 20
1807 - 1849
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 21
1821 - 1849
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 22
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 23
1809 - 1849
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 24
Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 1,156 out of 4,668. Before him are Giuseppe Bertello (1942), Ludovico Carracci (1555), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Julia Drusilla (39), and Veronica Franco (1546). After him are Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Franco Corelli (1921), Pope Leo VIII (900), Leonardo Vinci (1690), and Taddeo Gaddi (1290).
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 1,150
1555 - 1619
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 1,151
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,152
42 BC - 23 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 1,153
39 - 41
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,154
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 1,155
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 1,156
1714 - 1774
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,157
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,158
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 1,159
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 1,160
1690 - 1730
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,161
1290 - 1366
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 1,162
Among religious figures born in Italy, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti ranks 282. Before him are Giovanni Battista Re (1934), Saint Maurus (512), Romano Guardini (1885), Eugenia of Rome (180), Gerard of Csanád (980), and Giuseppe Bertello (1942). After him are Pope Leo VIII (900), Saint Silvia (515), Peter Chrysologus (380), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Antipope Honorius II (1010), and Antipope Felix II (300).
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 276
512 - 587
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 277
1885 - 1968
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 278
180 - 258
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 279
980 - 1046
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 280
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 281
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 282
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 283
515 - 592
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 284
380 - 450
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 285
815 - 879
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 286
1010 - 1072
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 287
300 - 365
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 288