1520 - 1575
Matthias Flacius Illyricus (Latin; Croatian: Matija Vlačić Ilirik) or Francovich (Croatian: Franković) (3 March 1520 – 11 March 1575) was a Lutheran reformer from Istria, present-day Croatia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matthias Flacius has received more than 85,340 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Matthias Flacius is the 1,285th most popular writer (down from 1,216th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Croatian Writer.
Matthias Flacius was a theologian who was most famous for his work on the Eucharist.
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Among writers, Matthias Flacius ranks 1,285 out of 5,755. Before him are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, W. G. Sebald, August von Kotzebue, Maj Sjöwall, Alexander Afanasyev, and Georg Kaiser. After him are Émile Gaboriau, Jan Długosz, Ibn Sirin, Lycophron, Hassan ibn Thabit, and Victor Serge.
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,279
1944 - 2001
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,280
1761 - 1819
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,281
1935 - 2020
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,282
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,283
1878 - 1945
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,284
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,285
1832 - 1873
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 1,286
1415 - 1480
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,287
653 - 729
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,288
320 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 1,289
554 - 674
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,290
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,291
Among people born in 1520, Matthias Flacius ranks 10. Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Barbara Radziwiłł, Koca Sinan Pasha, Christophe Plantin, Alessandro Farnese, and Madeleine of Valois. After him are William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Thoinot Arbeau, Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Moses Isserles, Aben Humeya, and Pedro Cieza de León. Among people deceased in 1575, Matthias Flacius ranks 5. Before him are Pieter Aertsen, Claude of France, Antonis Mor, and Heinrich Bullinger. After him are Joseph Karo, Jan Matsys, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Francesco Maurolico, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Corneille de Lyon, and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 4
1520 - 1551
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 5
1520 - 1596
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 6
1520 - 1589
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 7
1520 - 1589
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 8
1520 - 1537
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 9
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 10
1520 - 1598
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 11
1520 - 1595
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 12
1520 - 1580
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 13
1520 - 1572
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 14
1520 - 1569
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 15
1520 - 1554
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 16
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 2
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 3
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1488 - 1575
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 6
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 7
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 8
1494 - 1575
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 9
1522 - 1575
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 10
1500 - 1575
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 11
1537 - 1575
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in Croatia, Matthias Flacius ranks 49 out of 589. Before him are Josip Skoblar (1941), Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1815), Ivan Meštrović (1883), Stjepan Bobek (1923), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), and Ante Gotovina (1955). After him are Slavko Kvaternik (1878), Veljko Kadijević (1925), Luigi Dallapiccola (1904), Ivo Josipović (1957), Archduke Wilhelm of Austria (1895), and Milka Planinc (1924).
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 43
1815 - 1905
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 44
1883 - 1962
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 45
1923 - 2010
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 46
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 47
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 48
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 49
1878 - 1947
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 50
1925 - 2014
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 51
1904 - 1975
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 52
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 53
1895 - 1948
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 54
1924 - 2010
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 55
Among writers born in Croatia, Matthias Flacius ranks 5. Before him are Miroslav Krleža (1893), Ivan Gundulić (1589), Marko Marulić (1450), and Ljudevit Gaj (1809). After him are Dubravka Ugrešić (1949), Petar Zrinski (1621), Marin Držić (1508), Ödön von Horváth (1901), Tuone Udaina (1821), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), and Tin Ujević (1891).
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 1
1589 - 1638
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 2
1450 - 1524
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 3
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 4
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 6
1621 - 1671
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1508 - 1567
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 8
1901 - 1938
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 9
1821 - 1898
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 10
1814 - 1890
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 11
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 12