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Matteo Bandello

1484 - 1561

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Matteo Bandello (c. 1480–1562) was an Italian writer, soldier, Dominican friar and bishop, best known for his novellas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matteo Bandello has received more than 151,501 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Matteo Bandello is the 1,314th most popular writer (down from 1,177th in 2019), the 1,447th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,282nd in 2019) and the 100th most popular Italian Writer.

Matteo Bandello is most famous for his novel, "The Novels of Matteo Bandello," which was published in 1554.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Matteo Bandello ranks 1,314 out of 7,302. Before him are Widukind of Corvey, Lina Heydrich, Marcus Garvey, Hunter S. Thompson, Bei Dao, and Khaled al-Asaad. After him are Ubertino of Casale, Sadegh Hedayat, Rasul Gamzatov, Zachris Topelius, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, and Khaqani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Matteo Bandello ranks 10. Before him are Anne of Foix-Candale, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Sebastian Cabot, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. After him are George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Pedro Mascarenhas, Michele Sanmicheli, Jón Arason, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, and Estêvão Gomes. Among people deceased in 1561, Matteo Bandello ranks 8. Before him are Rüstem Pasha, Gülfem Hatun, Menno Simons, Lope de Aguirre, Bairam Khan, and Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara. After him are Claude Garamond, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Sayri Túpac, Jan Tarnowski, Luis de Milán, and Alonso Berruguete.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Matteo Bandello ranks 1,447 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaetano Mosca (1858), Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (1412), Dicaearchus (-350), Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484), Frank Lentini (1889), and Gaetano Bresci (1869). After him are Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Ubertino of Casale (1259), Jacopo Tiepolo (1150), Carlo Blasis (1797), Jacopo Amigoni (1682), and Amy Adams (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Matteo Bandello ranks 100. Before him are Giovanni Verga (1840), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Boris Pahor (1913), Vittorio Alfieri (1749), Claudio Magris (1939), and Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76). After him are Ubertino of Casale (1259), Ignazio Silone (1900), Quintus Fabius Pictor (-254), Lucrezia Tornabuoni (1427), Enzo of Sardinia (1220), and Thomas of Celano (1185).

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