1559 - 1614
Isaac Casaubon (; French: [kazobɔ̃]; 18 February 1559 – 1 July 1614) was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Casaubon has received more than 130,632 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Isaac Casaubon is the 1,835th most popular writer (up from 2,547th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 251st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swiss Writer.
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Among writers, Isaac Casaubon ranks 1,835 out of 5,755. Before him are Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Etel Adnan, Lucinda Riley, Théodore de Banville, Joseph Joubert, and Prosper of Aquitaine. After him are Jonas Mekas, Maria Shriver, Eino Leino, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de Genlis, Surdas, and Miklós Nyiszli.
1773 - 1798
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,829
1925 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,830
1965 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,831
1823 - 1891
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,832
1754 - 1824
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,833
390 - 463
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,834
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 1,835
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,836
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,837
1878 - 1926
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,838
1746 - 1830
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 1,839
1478 - 1583
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 1,840
1901 - 1956
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 1,841
Among people born in 1559, Isaac Casaubon ranks 7. Before him are Nurhaci, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Ishida Mitsunari, Catherine de Bourbon, and Lawrence of Brindisi. After him are Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Cigoli, Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and George Chapman. Among people deceased in 1614, Isaac Casaubon ranks 9. Before him are Lavinia Fontana, Camillus de Lellis, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Marina Mniszech, Mavro Orbini, and Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg. After him are Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Luís Vaz de Torres, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Felice Anerio, and Man Singh I.
1559 - 1626
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 1
1559 - 1632
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 2
1559 - 1621
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 3
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 4
1559 - 1604
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 5
1559 - 1619
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 6
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 7
1559 - 1600
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 8
1559 - 1613
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 9
1559 - 1588
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 10
1559 - 1634
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 11
1552 - 1614
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 3
1550 - 1614
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 4
1565 - 1614
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 5
1588 - 1614
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 6
1563 - 1614
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 7
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 8
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 9
1540 - 1614
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 10
1565 - 1614
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 11
1558 - 1614
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 12
1560 - 1614
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 13
1550 - 1614
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 14
Among people born in Switzerland, Isaac Casaubon ranks 178 out of 876. Before him are Jonas Furrer (1805), Pietro Lombardo (1435), Walter H. Schottky (1886), Notker the Stammerer (840), Michel Simon (1895), and Umberto Agnelli (1934). After him are Leonardo Conti (1900), Alexander Schallenberg (1969), Edwin Fischer (1886), Auguste Forel (1848), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), and Hugo Koblet (1925).
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 172
1435 - 1515
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 173
1886 - 1976
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 174
840 - 912
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 175
1895 - 1975
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 176
1934 - 2004
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 177
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 178
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 179
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 180
1886 - 1960
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 181
1848 - 1931
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 182
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 183
1925 - 1964
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 184
Among writers born in Switzerland, Isaac Casaubon ranks 20. Before him are Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), and Notker the Stammerer (840). After him are Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Johann Peter Hebel (1760), Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825), Emma Jung (1882), and Jeremias Gotthelf (1797).
1908 - 1942
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 14
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 15
1779 - 1869
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 16
1892 - 1938
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 17
1799 - 1846
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 18
840 - 912
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 19
1559 - 1614
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 20
1698 - 1783
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 21
1488 - 1563
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 22
1760 - 1826
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 23
1825 - 1898
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 24
1882 - 1955
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 25
1797 - 1854
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 26