1000 - 1020
Melus (also Milus or Meles, Melo in Italian) (died 1020) was a Lombard nobleman from the Apulian town of Bari, whose ambition to carve for himself an autonomous territory from the Byzantine catapanate of Italy in the early eleventh century inadvertently sparked the Norman presence in Southern Italy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melus of Bari has received more than 60,066 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Melus of Bari is the 783rd most popular nobleman (down from 612th in 2019), the 2,617th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,330th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, Melus of Bari ranks 783 out of 842. Before him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Frederick of Luxembourg, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Henry I, Count of Anhalt. After him are Thankmar, Princess Marguerite of Orléans, Władysław Opolski, Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Dorothea Maria of Anhalt, and Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine.
1817 - 1886
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 777
1803 - 1862
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 778
1805 - 1863
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 779
965 - 1019
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 780
1725 - 1778
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 781
1170 - 1252
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 782
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 783
950 - 938
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 784
1846 - 1893
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 785
1225 - 1281
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 786
1398 - 1458
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 787
1574 - 1617
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 788
1119 - 1176
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 789
Among people born in 1000, Melus of Bari ranks 48. Before him are Ad-Darazi, Ermengol I, Count of Urgell, Suryavarman I, Rajendra Chola I, Tribuno Memmo, and Rabia Balkhi. After him are Pandulf Ironhead, John the Orphanotrophos, Dub, King of Scotland, Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, Miroslav of Croatia, and Coloman of Stockerau. Among people deceased in 1020, Melus of Bari ranks 8. Before him are Ferdowsi, Abhinavagupta, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Al-Sijzi, Trdat, and Malusha. After him are Gagik I of Armenia, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, and Ælfric of Eynsham.
1000 - 1018
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 42
1000 - 1010
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 43
1000 - 1050
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 44
1000 - 1044
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 45
1000 - 991
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 46
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 47
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 48
1000 - 981
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 49
1000 - 1043
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 50
1000 - 967
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 51
1000 - 1008
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 52
1000 - 949
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 53
1000 - 1012
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 54
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 2
950 - 1020
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 3
901 - 1020
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 4
945 - 1020
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 5
950 - 1020
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 6
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 7
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 8
989 - 1020
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 9
970 - 1020
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 10
955 - 1020
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 11
Among people born in Italy, Melus of Bari ranks 2,617 out of 4,668. Before him are Mauro Codussi (1440), Federico Lombardi (1942), Niccolò Zucchi (1586), Giorgio Strehler (1921), Andrea de Adamich (1941), and Alessandro Salvio (1570). After him are Nicola Fago (1677), Cino da Pistoia (1270), Enzo Mari (1932), Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Virgilio Noè (1922), and Pietro Vierchowod (1959).
1440 - 1504
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 2,611
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 2,612
1586 - 1670
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 2,613
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,614
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,615
1570 - 1640
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,616
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 2,617
1677 - 1745
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 2,618
1270 - 1336
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,619
1932 - 2020
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,620
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,621
1922 - 2011
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,622
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 2,623
Among noblemen born in Italy, Melus of Bari ranks 83. Before him are Vespasiano I Gonzaga (1531), Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1616), Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731), Matteo II Visconti (1319), Castruccio Castracani (1281), and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817). After him are Radoald of Benevento (650), Galeria Fundana (null), Vittoria Farnese (1618), and Filippo Paulucci (1779).
1531 - 1591
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 77
1616 - 1676
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 78
1731 - 1803
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 79
1319 - 1355
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 80
1281 - 1328
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 81
1817 - 1886
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 82
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 83
650 - 651
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 84
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 85
1618 - 1649
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 86
1779 - 1849
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 87