1815 - 1888
John Melchior Bosco, SDB (Italian: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; Piedmontese: Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 1815 – 31 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco (IPA: [ˈdɔm ˈbɔsko, bo-]), was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century. While working in Turin, where the population suffered many of the ill effects of industrialization and urbanization, he dedicated his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth. He developed teaching methods based on love rather than punishment, a method that became known as the Salesian Preventive System.A follower of the spirituality and philosophy of Francis de Sales, Bosco was an ardent devotee of the Virgin Mary under the title Mary Help of Christians. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bosco has received more than 1,825,609 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). John Bosco is the 137th most popular religious figure (up from 182nd in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 220th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Religious Figure.
John Bosco was a Catholic priest who is most famous for founding a religious order called the Salesians of Don Bosco. The Salesians of Don Bosco are a religious order that helps youth and young adults in need.
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Among religious figures, John Bosco ranks 137 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Pius VIII, Pope Alexander VIII, Pope Pius II, Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Rome, and Pope Leo XII. After him are Pope Pius VI, Saint Blaise, Pope Leo XI, Pope Clement XII, Pope Benedict XIV, and Pope Sixtus V.
1761 - 1830
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 131
1610 - 1691
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 132
1405 - 1464
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 133
1193 - 1253
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 134
291 - 305
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 135
1760 - 1829
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 136
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 137
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 138
300 - 316
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 139
1535 - 1605
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 140
1652 - 1740
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 141
1675 - 1758
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 142
1520 - 1590
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 143
Among people born in 1815, John Bosco ranks 2. Before him is Otto von Bismarck. After him are George Boole, Ada Lovelace, Karl Weierstrass, Otto of Greece, Adolph Menzel, Thomas Couture, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Louis-Jules Trochu, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Ildefons Cerdà. Among people deceased in 1888, John Bosco ranks 2. Before him is William I, German Emperor. After him are Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Carl Zeiss, John Stith Pemberton, Louisa May Alcott, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Charles-Valentin Alkan, François Achille Bazaine, and Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
Rank: 1
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 3
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1815 - 1897
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 5
1815 - 1867
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 6
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 7
1815 - 1879
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 8
1815 - 1887
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1815 - 1896
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1815 - 1876
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1797 - 1888
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 1
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 2
1831 - 1888
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 3
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1816 - 1888
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 5
1831 - 1888
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 6
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 8
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 9
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 11
1823 - 1888
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, John Bosco ranks 152 out of 4,668. Before him are Luca Pacioli (1445), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Pius II (1405), Clare of Assisi (1193), Agnes of Rome (291), and Pope Leo XII (1760). After him are Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Pope Pius VI (1717), Gina Lollobrigida (1927), Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Marcello Mastroianni (1924), and Pope Leo XI (1535).
1445 - 1517
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 146
1610 - 1691
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 147
1405 - 1464
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 148
1193 - 1253
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 149
291 - 305
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 150
1760 - 1829
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 151
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 152
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 153
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 154
1927 - 2023
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 155
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 156
1924 - 1996
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 157
1535 - 1605
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 158
Among religious figures born in Italy, John Bosco ranks 44. Before him are Pope Pius VIII (1761), Pope Alexander VIII (1610), Pope Pius II (1405), Clare of Assisi (1193), Agnes of Rome (291), and Pope Leo XII (1760). After him are Pope Pius VI (1717), Pope Leo XI (1535), Pope Clement XII (1652), Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Pope Sixtus V (1520), and Pope Martin V (1369).
1761 - 1830
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 38
1610 - 1691
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 39
1405 - 1464
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 40
1193 - 1253
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 41
291 - 305
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 42
1760 - 1829
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 43
1815 - 1888
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 44
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 45
1535 - 1605
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 46
1652 - 1740
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 47
1675 - 1758
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 48
1520 - 1590
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 49
1369 - 1431
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 50