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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 6,840,491 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Lorenzo de' Medici is the 110th most popular politician (up from 122nd in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Italy (up from 45th in 2019) and the 10th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.8M

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  • 80.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Lorenzo de' Medici has had the most page views in the with 633,978 views, followed by Italian (248,246), and Spanish (156,153). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (291.72%), Estonian (176.55%), and Cantonese (73.74%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 110 out of 19,576. Before him are Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Darius the Great, Heinrich Himmler, Angela Merkel, Franz Joseph I of Austria, and Henry IV of France. After him are Murad IV, Pepin the Short, Harry S. Truman, Silvio Berlusconi, Hadrian, and Pontius Pilate.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 38 out of 5,161. Before him are Horace (-65), Parmenides (-501), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Niccolò Paganini (1782), Maria Montessori (1870), and Titian (1488). After him are Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pontius Pilate (-12), Pope John Paul I (1912), Tiberius (-42), Donatello (1386), and Florence Nightingale (1820).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Lorenzo de' Medici ranks 10. Before him are Benito Mussolini (1883), Cicero (-106), Nero (37), Marcus Aurelius (121), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), and Caligula (12). After him are Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Vespasian (9), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), and Titus (41).

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