Painter

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, painter, architect

1475 - 1564

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Michelangelo

His biography is available in 210 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 204 in 2024). Michelangelo is the most popular painter (up from 2nd in 2024), the 6th most popular biography from Italy and the most popular Italian Painter.

Michelangelo is most famous for his paintings of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

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#1

Michelangelo is the top-ranked of all 2,023 Painters in Pantheon worldwide.

#1

Michelangelo is the most memorable of the 21 notable people born in Arezzo, in what is now modern-day Italy, ahead of Petrarch, Giorgio Vasari, and Guido of Arezzo.

#1

Of the 21 people in Pantheon born in 1475, Michelangelo is the most memorable.

#34

More than 4 centuries after death, Michelangelo still holds rank #34 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Michelangelo ranks 1 out of 2,023. After him are Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt, Salvador Dalí, Albrecht Dürer, Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, and Francisco Goya.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Michelangelo
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 1
Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.26
Rank: 2
Pablo Picasso
1881 - 1973
HPI: 91.68
Rank: 3
Raphael
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 4
Rembrandt
1606 - 1669
HPI: 90.59
Rank: 5
Salvador Dalí
1904 - 1989
HPI: 89.93
Rank: 6
Albrecht Dürer
1471 - 1528
HPI: 89.52
Rank: 7
Frida Kahlo
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 8
Claude Monet
1840 - 1926
HPI: 88.69
Rank: 9
Peter Paul Rubens
1577 - 1640
HPI: 88.29
Rank: 10
Caravaggio
1571 - 1610
HPI: 87.57
Rank: 11
Francisco Goya
1746 - 1828
HPI: 87.42
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1475, Michelangelo ranks 1. After him are Pope Leo X, Cesare Borgia, Paolo Uccello, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Diego de Almagro, Beatrice d'Este, Sebastiano Serlio, Bernardino Luini, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Anne of York, and Afonso, Prince of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1564, Michelangelo ranks 1. After him are John Calvin, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Andreas Vesalius, Pierre Belon, Matrakçı Nasuh, Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Éléonore de Roye, and Theodore Bibliander.

Others Born in 1475

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Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 1
Pope Leo X
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1475 - 1521
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 2
Cesare Borgia
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1475 - 1507
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 3
Paolo Uccello
PAINTER
1475 - 1475
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 4
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
EXPLORER
1475 - 1519
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 5
Diego de Almagro
EXPLORER
1475 - 1538
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 6
Beatrice d'Este
NOBLEMAN
1475 - 1497
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 7
Sebastiano Serlio
ARCHITECT
1475 - 1554
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 8
Bernardino Luini
PAINTER
1475 - 1532
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 9
Luis Ramírez de Lucena
CHESS PLAYER
1475 - 1530
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 10
Anne of York
POLITICIAN
1475 - 1511
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 11
Afonso, Prince of Portugal
1475 - 1491
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1564

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Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 1
John Calvin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1509 - 1564
HPI: 85.23
Rank: 2
Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1503 - 1564
HPI: 82.71
Rank: 3
Andreas Vesalius
PHYSICIAN
1514 - 1564
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 4
Pierre Belon
BIOLOGIST
1517 - 1564
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 5
Matrakçı Nasuh
HISTORIAN
1480 - 1564
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 6
Rani Durgavati
POLITICIAN
1524 - 1564
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 7
Sabina of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1492 - 1564
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 8
Charles Estienne
PHYSICIAN
1504 - 1564
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 9
Giovanni da Udine
ARCHITECT
1487 - 1564
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 10
Éléonore de Roye
NOBLEMAN
1535 - 1564
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 11
Theodore Bibliander
WRITER
1500 - 1564
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12