1370 - 1444
Leonardo Bruni or Leonardo Aretino (c. 1370 – March 9, 1444) was an Italian humanist, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. He has been called the first modern historian. He was the earliest person to write using the three-period view of history: Antiquity, Middle Ages, and Modern. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonardo Bruni has received more than 307,454 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonardo Bruni is the 38th most popular historian (down from 36th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Italy (down from 579th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Historian.
Leonardo Bruni was an Italian humanist and historian who was born in 1370 and died in 1444. He is most famous for his work on the history of Florence, which he wrote in Latin.
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Among historians, Leonardo Bruni ranks 38 out of 339. Before him are Hippolyte Taine, Jacques Le Goff, Edward Gibbon, William of Tyre, Ibn Ishaq, and Erwin Panofsky. After him are Lucien Febvre, Samuel von Pufendorf, Aby Warburg, Ernst Gombrich, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, and Ali ibn al-Athir.
1828 - 1893
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 32
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 33
1737 - 1794
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 34
1130 - 1186
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 35
704 - 767
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 36
1892 - 1968
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 37
1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 38
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 39
1632 - 1694
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 40
1866 - 1929
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 41
1909 - 2001
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 42
1372 - 1449
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 43
1160 - 1233
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1370, Leonardo Bruni ranks 4. Before him are Pope Gregory XI, Antipope John XXIII, and Isabeau of Bavaria. After him are Olaf II of Denmark, Gentile da Fabriano, John VII Palaiologos, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Lorenzo Monaco, Erasmo of Narni, Švitrigaila, and William, Duke of Austria. Among people deceased in 1444, Leonardo Bruni ranks 3. Before him are Władysław III of Poland and Robert Campin. After him are Bernardino of Siena, Olivera Despina, Mark of Ephesus, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Julian Cesarini, Joseph Albo, and Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua.
1370 - 1378
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 1
1370 - 1419
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 2
1370 - 1435
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 3
1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 4
1370 - 1387
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 5
1370 - 1427
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 6
1370 - 1408
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 7
1370 - 1428
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 8
1370 - 1425
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 9
1370 - 1443
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 10
1370 - 1452
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 11
1370 - 1406
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 12
1424 - 1444
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 1
1375 - 1444
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 2
1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 3
1380 - 1444
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 4
1372 - 1444
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 5
1392 - 1444
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 6
1404 - 1444
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 7
1398 - 1444
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 8
1380 - 1444
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 9
1395 - 1444
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 10
Among people born in Italy, Leonardo Bruni ranks 612 out of 4,668. Before him are Libius Severus (420), Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), and Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688). After him are Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Giulio Andreotti (1919), Paolo Maldini (1968), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Pierluigi Collina (1960).
420 - 465
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 606
1598 - 1647
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 607
1720 - 1778
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 608
1072 - 1112
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 609
1857 - 1893
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 610
1688 - 1714
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 611
1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 612
1154 - 1198
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 613
260 BC - 211 BC
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 614
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 615
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 616
1896 - 1957
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 617
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 618
Among historians born in Italy, Leonardo Bruni ranks 4. Before him are Livy (-59), Suetonius (70), and Diodorus Siculus (-90). After him are Poggio Bracciolini (1380), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Euhemerus (-330), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), and Tyrannius Rufinus (345).
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 1
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 2
90 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 3
1370 - 1444
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 4
1380 - 1459
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 5
19 BC - 31
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 6
330 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 7
1483 - 1540
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 8
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 9
350 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 10
1388 - 1463
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 11
345 - 411
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 12