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Michael the Brave

1558 - 1601

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Michael the Brave (Romanian: Mihai Viteazul [miˈhaj viˈte̯azul] or Mihai Bravu [ˈbravu]; 1558 – 9 August 1601), born as Mihai Pătrașcu, was the Prince of Wallachia (as Michael II, 1593–1601), Prince of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600). He is considered one of Romania's greatest national heroes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael the Brave has received more than 745,323 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michael the Brave is the 1,812th most popular politician (down from 1,791st in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Romania and the 18th most popular Romanian Politician.

Michael the Brave was a Romanian prince who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in the late 1500s.

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  • 66.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael the Brave ranks 1,812 out of 19,576. Before him are Jiang Ziya, Peter IV of Aragon, Senusret I, Chenghua Emperor, Joseph McCarthy, and Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies. After him are Jang Song-thaek, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Kavad I, Adnan Menderes, Kilij Arslan I, and Gyges of Lydia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1558, Michael the Brave ranks 1. After him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Ishikawa Goemon, Hendrik Goltzius, Ligdan Khan, Oda Nobutaka, Olivier van Noort, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Thomas Kyd, John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Chen Jiru. Among people deceased in 1601, Michael the Brave ranks 2. Before him is Tycho Brahe. After him are Louise of Lorraine, Kuchum, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Henriette of Cleves, Starina Novak, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, Ivan Moskvitin, John Shakespeare, and Thomas Nashe.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Michael the Brave ranks 32 out of 844. Before him are György Ligeti (1923), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), and Elie Wiesel (1928). After him are Jacob L. Moreno (1889), Álmos (820), George Enescu (1881), Sergiu Celibidache (1912), Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), and Dimitrie Cantemir (1673).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Michael the Brave ranks 18. Before him are Béla Kun (1886), Stephen III of Moldavia (1433), Ion Iliescu (1930), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), and Klaus Iohannis (1959). After him are Álmos (820), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), and Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820).

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