1553 - 1625
Giovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Florio has received more than 157,314 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Florio is the 119th most popular linguist (down from 112th in 2019), the 2,762nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,685th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Linguist.
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Among linguists, John Florio ranks 119 out of 161. Before him are Morris Swadesh, Anne Dacier, Jules Gilliéron, Arie de Jong, Daniel Jones, and George Abraham Grierson. After him are Aleksander Brückner, Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Jan de Vries, William Dwight Whitney, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, and Giuliano Bonfante.
1909 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 113
1645 - 1720
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 114
1854 - 1926
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 115
1865 - 1957
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 116
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 117
1851 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 118
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 119
1856 - 1939
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 120
1838 - 1907
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 121
1890 - 1964
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 122
1827 - 1894
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 123
1805 - 1887
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 124
1904 - 2005
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 125
Among people born in 1553, John Florio ranks 12. Before him are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Luca Marenzio, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, and Vitsentzos Kornaros. Among people deceased in 1625, John Florio ranks 20. Before him are Anna Vasa of Sweden, Orlando Gibbons, John Fletcher, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Ubbo Emmius. After him is Thomas Lodge.
1553 - 1633
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 6
1553 - 1599
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 7
1553 - 1625
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8
1553 - 1617
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 9
1553 - 1631
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 10
1553 - 1616
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 11
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 12
1568 - 1625
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 14
1583 - 1625
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 15
1579 - 1625
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 16
1573 - 1625
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 17
1583 - 1625
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 18
1547 - 1625
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 19
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 20
1558 - 1625
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 21
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Florio ranks 2,762 out of 7,765. Before him are Nicol Williamson (1936), Carole Pateman (1940), Lennie James (1965), John Bodkin Adams (1899), Tony Martin (1957), and Paul Kennedy (1945). After him are Tom Baker (1934), Billy Meredith (1874), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Leslie Stephen (1832), Cyril Jackson (1903), and Peter Phillips (1977).
1936 - 2011
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,756
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,757
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,758
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 2,759
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,760
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,761
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,762
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,763
1874 - 1958
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,764
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 2,765
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 2,766
1903 - 1988
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 2,767
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 2,768
Among linguists born in United Kingdom, John Florio ranks 6. Before him are William Jones (1746), Michael Halliday (1925), Robert Morrison (1782), John Chadwick (1920), and Daniel Jones (1881). After him are Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), James Legge (1815), John Lyons (1932), John Eliot (1604), and Henry Liddell (1811).
1746 - 1794
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 1
1925 - 2018
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 3
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 4
1881 - 1967
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 5
1553 - 1625
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 6
1800 - 1894
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 7
1850 - 1928
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 8
1815 - 1897
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 9
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 10
1604 - 1690
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 11
1811 - 1898
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 12