1636 - 1667
Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), born Melchiorre Gafà and also known as Caffà, Gafa, Gaffar or Gafar, was a Maltese Baroque sculptor. Cafà began a promising career in Rome but this was cut short by his premature death following a work accident. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melchiorre Cafà has received more than 38,078 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Melchiorre Cafà is the 136th most popular sculptor (up from 144th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Malta (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Maltese Sculptor.
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Among sculptors, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 136 out of 189. Before him are Augustin Pajou, Georg Rafael Donner, Salvatore Garau, Antoine-Denis Chaudet, Tullio Lombardo, and Antun Augustinčić. After him are Tony Cragg, Johan Tobias Sergel, Magda Frank, Juan Martínez Montañés, Anna Coleman Ladd, and Duane Hanson.
1730 - 1809
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 130
1693 - 1741
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 131
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 132
1763 - 1810
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 133
1455 - 1532
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 134
1900 - 1979
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 135
1636 - 1667
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 136
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 137
1740 - 1814
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 138
1914 - 2010
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 139
1568 - 1649
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 140
1878 - 1939
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 141
1925 - 1996
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 142
Among people born in 1636, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 13. Before him are Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Edward Colston, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Nikolai Spathari, and Charles de La Fosse. After him are Gregório de Matos and Thomas Traherne. Among people deceased in 1667, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 17. Before him are Peter Snayers, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Thomas de Keyser, Fasilides, Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. After him are Franz Tunder, Giovanni Battista Zupi, Jean de Thévenot, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johann von Rist, and Abraham Cowley.
1636 - 1689
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 7
1636 - 1695
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 8
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 9
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 10
1636 - 1708
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 11
1636 - 1716
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 12
1636 - 1667
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 13
1636 - 1696
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 14
1636 - 1674
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 15
1592 - 1667
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 11
1594 - 1667
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 12
1596 - 1667
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 13
1603 - 1667
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 14
1620 - 1667
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 15
1584 - 1667
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 16
1636 - 1667
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 17
1614 - 1667
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 18
1589 - 1667
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 19
1633 - 1667
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 20
1621 - 1667
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 21
1607 - 1667
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 22
1618 - 1667
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 23
Among people born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 16 out of 66. Before him are Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca (1958), Saint Publius (100), Prosper Grech (1925), Roberta Metsola (1979), Nicolas Isouard (1775), and Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964). After him are Dom Mintoff (1916), Girolamo Cassar (1520), Paul Xuereb (1923), Ċensu Tabone (1913), Helena Dalli (1962), and Lawrence Gonzi (1953).
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 10
100 - 112
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 11
1925 - 2019
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 12
1979 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 13
1775 - 1818
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 14
1964 - 2017
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 15
1636 - 1667
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 16
1916 - 2012
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 17
1520 - 1592
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 18
1923 - 1994
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 19
1913 - 2012
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 20
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 22
Among sculptors born in Malta, Melchiorre Cafà ranks 1.