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Luis de León

1527 - 1591

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Luis de León (Belmonte, Cuenca, 1527 – Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Castile, Spain, 23 August 1591), was a Spanish lyric poet, Augustinian friar, theologian and academic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luis de León has received more than 186,482 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Luis de León is the 1,869th most popular writer (down from 1,765th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from Spain (down from 591st in 2019) and the 70th most popular Spanish Writer.

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  • 190k

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  • 55.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Luis de León ranks 1,869 out of 5,755Before him are Bob Woodward, Hermann Bahr, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Pjetër Bogdani, Trygve Gulbranssen, and Alex Haley. After him are Lydia Koidula, Vasile Alecsandri, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Oliver Goldsmith, Jacint Verdaguer, and Hirokazu Kanazawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Luis de León ranks 9Before him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Abraham Ortelius, Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal, Barbara Blomberg, Qi Jiguang, and Hans Vredeman de Vries. After him are Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, Li Zhi, Luca Cambiaso, Pellegrino Tibaldi, and Anna Sophia of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1591, Luis de León ranks 11Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, Veronica Franco, Jacobus Gallus, and Christian I, Elector of Saxony. After him are Jost Amman, Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Anna of Hesse, and Anna Sophia of Prussia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Luis de León ranks 647 out of 2,932Before him are Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), Pedro Arrupe (1907), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), and Diego Laynez (1512). After him are Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Thomas of Villanova (1486), Caterina Albert (1869), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), and Pilar Bardem (1939).

Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Luis de León ranks 70Before him are Cristóbal de Morales (1600), José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Josep Pla (1897), Jorge Manrique (1440), Abbot Oliba (971), and José de Acosta (1540). After him are Jacint Verdaguer (1845), Caterina Albert (1869), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Abu Hamid al-Gharnati (1080), Jaume Cabré (1947), and Mariano José de Larra (1809).