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POLITICIAN

Lorenzo de' Medici

1449 - 1492

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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492), was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenzo held the balance of power within the Italic League, an alliance of states that stabilized political conditions on the Italian Peninsula for decades, and his life coincided with the mature phase of the Italian Renaissance and the golden age of Florence. As a patron, he is best known for his sponsorship of artists such as Botticelli and Michelangelo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorenzo de' Medici has received more than 6,890,715 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Lorenzo de' Medici is the 122nd most popular politician (down from 66th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Italy (down from 31st in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Politician.

Lorenzo de' Medici is most famous for being the ruler of Florence during the Renaissance. He was a patron of the arts and helped bring the Renaissance to Florence.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 122 out of 15,577Before him are Cyrus the Great, Mustafa I, Murad I, Bayezid I, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Amenhotep III. After him are Xerxes I, Claudius, Mark Antony, Narendra Modi, Bayezid II, and Kim Jong-il.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1449, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 1After him are Aldus Manutius, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Axayacatl, Bona of Savoy, Mandukhai, Sidonie of Poděbrady, Catherine of Poděbrady, and Margaret of Thuringia. Among people deceased in 1492, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 1After him are Pope Innocent VIII, Piero della Francesca, Elizabeth Woodville, Casimir IV Jagiellon, Jami, Gülbahar Hatun, Beatrice of Silva, Antoine Busnois, Jaume Huguet, and Sonni Ali.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 45 out of 4,668Before him are Tiberius (-42), Saint Lucy (283), Maria Montessori (1870), Pope John Paul I (1912), Pope John XXIII (1881), and Gioachino Rossini (1792). After him are Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Mark Antony (-83), Ötzi (-3345), Catherine de' Medici (1519), Pope Gregory I (540), and Zeno of Elea (-490).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 11Before him are Commodus (161), Nero (37), Marcus Aurelius (121), Caligula (12), Pontius Pilate (-12), and Tiberius (-42). After him are Mark Antony (-83), Vespasian (9), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Titus (41), and Brutus the Younger (-85).