1175 - 1232
Michael Scot (Latin: Michael Scotus; 1175 – c. 1232) was a Scottish mathematician and scholar in the Middle Ages. He was educated at Oxford and Paris, and worked in Bologna and Toledo, where he learned Arabic. His patron was Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire and Scot served as science adviser and court astrologer to him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Scot has received more than 213,679 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Scot is the 27th most popular occultist (up from 28th in 2019), the 1,425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,330th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Occultist.
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Among occultists, Michael Scot ranks 27 out of 37. Before him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Robert Fludd, Franz Bardon, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and Nina Kulagina. After him are Joséphin Péladan, Algernon Blackwood, Stanislas de Guaita, A. E. Waite, Elias Ashmole, and Dion Fortune.
1743 - 1803
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 21
1776 - 1853
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 22
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 23
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 24
1854 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 25
1926 - 1990
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 26
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 27
1858 - 1918
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 28
1869 - 1951
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 29
1861 - 1897
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 30
1857 - 1942
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 31
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 32
1890 - 1946
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1175, Michael Scot ranks 14. Before him are Yolanda of Flanders, Albert I, Duke of Saxony, Alexander of Hales, Frederick I, Duke of Austria, Roger III of Sicily, and Margaret of Hungary. Among people deceased in 1232, Michael Scot ranks 4. Before him are Tolui, Peire de Montagut, and Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg. After him is Idris al-Ma'mun.
1175 - 1219
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 8
1175 - 1260
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 9
1175 - 1245
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 10
1175 - 1198
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 11
1175 - 1193
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 12
1175 - 1223
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 13
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 14
1191 - 1232
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 1
1200 - 1232
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 2
1168 - 1232
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 3
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 4
1186 - 1232
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 5
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Scot ranks 1,425 out of 7,765. Before him are Paul Rodgers (1949), Frederick Delius (1862), Derek Jarman (1942), Malcolm McLaren (1946), Louise d'Orléans (1869), and Greg Lake (1947). After him are Christopher Isherwood (1904), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Ælle of Sussex (500), David Purley (1945), and Robert Shaw (1927).
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,419
1862 - 1934
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 1,420
1942 - 1994
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 1,421
1946 - 2010
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,422
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,423
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,424
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,425
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,426
1737 - 1813
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,427
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,428
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,429
1945 - 1985
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,430
1927 - 1978
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 1,431
Among occultists born in United Kingdom, Michael Scot ranks 8. Before him are Aleister Crowley (1875), Edward Kelley (1555), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Alice Bailey (1880), Robert Fludd (1574), and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854). After him are Algernon Blackwood (1869), Elias Ashmole (1617), Dion Fortune (1890), and Israel Regardie (1907).
1875 - 1947
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 2
1555 - 1597
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 3
1854 - 1934
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 4
1880 - 1949
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 5
1574 - 1637
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 6
1854 - 1918
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 8
1869 - 1951
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 9
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 10
1890 - 1946
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 11
1907 - 1985
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 12