1474 - 1533
Ludovico Ariosto (Italian: [ludoˈviːko aˈrjɔsto, - ariˈɔsto]; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludovico Ariosto has received more than 330,192 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Ludovico Ariosto is the 377th most popular writer (up from 399th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 492nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Writer.
Ludovico Ariosto is most famous for his epic poem, Orlando Furioso.
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Among writers, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 377 out of 5,755. Before him are Ken Follett, Kenzaburō Ōe, Théophile Gautier, Marguerite Yourcenar, Auguste Escoffier, and Gabriele D'Annunzio. After him are Erich von Däniken, Sándor Márai, Tulsidas, Dan Brown, Jo Nesbø, and W. Somerset Maugham.
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 371
1935 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 372
1811 - 1872
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 373
1903 - 1987
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 374
1847 - 1935
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 375
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 376
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 377
1935 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 378
1900 - 1989
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 379
1532 - 1623
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 380
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 381
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 382
1874 - 1965
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 383
Among people born in 1474, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 1. After him are Angela Merici, Isabella d'Este, Giulia Farnese, Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Juan Diego, Mariotto Albertinelli, Tuman bay II, Anacaona, Perkin Warbeck, Frederick of Saxony, and Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden. Among people deceased in 1533, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 4. Before him are Atahualpa, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and Vasili III of Russia. After him are Frederick I of Denmark, Lucas van Leyden, Huáscar, Veit Stoss, Túpac Huallpa, and Cornelis Engebrechtsz..
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 1
1474 - 1540
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 2
1474 - 1539
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 3
1474 - 1524
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 4
1474 - 1497
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 5
1474 - 1548
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 6
1474 - 1515
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 7
1474 - 1517
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 8
1474 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1474 - 1499
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 10
1474 - 1510
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 11
1474 - 1536
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 12
1502 - 1533
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 1
1496 - 1533
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 2
1479 - 1533
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 3
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 4
1471 - 1533
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 5
1494 - 1533
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 6
1490 - 1533
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 7
1450 - 1533
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 8
1510 - 1533
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 9
1468 - 1533
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 10
Among people born in Italy, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 493 out of 4,668. Before him are Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Pontormo (1494), Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia (1499), Francesco I Sforza (1401), and Januarius (272). After him are Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Celestine II (1100), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Pope Cornelius (200), Pope Anterus (180), and Pope Sergius I (650).
1228 - 1254
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 487
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 488
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 489
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 490
1401 - 1466
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 491
272 - 305
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 492
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 493
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 494
1100 - 1144
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 495
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 496
200 - 253
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 497
180 - 236
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 498
650 - 701
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 499
Among writers born in Italy, Ludovico Ariosto ranks 29. Before him are Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Eugenio Montale (1896), Primo Levi (1919), Alberto Moravia (1907), Lorenzo Valla (1407), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863). After him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), Propertius (-50), Tibullus (-50), and Elena Ferrante (1943).
116 BC - 27 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 23
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 24
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 25
1907 - 1990
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 26
1407 - 1457
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 27
1863 - 1938
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 28
1474 - 1533
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 29
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 30
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 31
1492 - 1556
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 32
50 BC - 14 BC
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 33
50 BC - 19 BC
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 34
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 35