1449 - 1492
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, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 122 out of 15,577. Before 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.
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 116
1591 - 1639
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 117
1326 - 1389
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 118
1354 - 1403
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 119
912 - 973
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 120
1403 BC - 1350 BC
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 121
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 122
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 123
10 BC - 54
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 124
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 125
1950 - Present
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 126
1447 - 1512
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 127
1941 - 2011
HPI: 79.58
Rank: 128
Among people born in 1449, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 1. After 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 1. After 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.
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 1
1449 - 1515
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 2
1449 - 1478
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 3
1449 - 1481
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 4
1449 - 1503
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 5
1449 - 1510
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 6
1449 - 1510
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1449 - 1464
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 8
1449 - 1501
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 9
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 1
1432 - 1492
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 2
1415 - 1492
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 3
1437 - 1492
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 4
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 5
1414 - 1492
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 6
1429 - 1492
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 7
1424 - 1492
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 8
1430 - 1492
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 9
1412 - 1492
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 10
1464 - 1492
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 11
Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 45 out of 4,668. Before 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).
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 39
283 - 304
HPI: 80.65
Rank: 40
1870 - 1952
HPI: 80.58
Rank: 41
1912 - 1978
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 42
1881 - 1963
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 43
1792 - 1868
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 44
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 45
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 46
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 47
3345 BC - 3255 BC
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 48
1519 - 1589
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 49
540 - 604
HPI: 79.59
Rank: 50
490 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 51
Among politicians born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 11. Before 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).
161 - 192
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 5
37 - 68
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 6
121 - 180
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 7
12 - 41
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 8
12 BC - 38
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 9
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 10
1449 - 1492
HPI: 80.22
Rank: 11
83 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 12
9 - 79
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 13
1194 - 1250
HPI: 78.31
Rank: 14
115 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 15
41 - 81
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 16
85 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 77.64
Rank: 17