1490 - 1557
Olaus Magnus (October 1490 – 1 August 1557) was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaus Magnus has received more than 190,149 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Olaus Magnus is the 680th most popular religious figure (down from 536th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 79th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Religious Figure.
Olaus Magnus is most famous for his book, "Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus," which was published in 1555. The book is a comprehensive description of the Nordic countries and the Arctic region.
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Among religious figures, Olaus Magnus ranks 680 out of 2,238. Before him are Malachi, Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, Nachman of Breslov, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Philemon, and Hillel the Elder. After him are Piruz Nahavandi, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Zephaniah, Theodora, Abe no Seimei, and Aloysius Stepinac.
450 BC - Present
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 674
637 - 700
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 675
1772 - 1810
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 676
600 - 652
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 677
100 - 68
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 678
110 BC - 10
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 679
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 680
700 - 644
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 681
1651 - 1719
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 682
701 BC - 609 BC
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 683
815 - 867
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 684
921 - 1005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 685
1898 - 1960
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 686
Among people born in 1490, Olaus Magnus ranks 5. Before him are Mimar Sinan, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, and Adrian Willaert. After him are Huáscar, Albert of Brandenburg, Vittoria Colonna, Ebussuud Efendi, Florian Geyer, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Among people deceased in 1557, Olaus Magnus ranks 7. Before him are Jacques Cartier, Anne of Cleves, John III of Portugal, Pontormo, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, and Bona Sforza. After him are Mikael Agricola, Sebastian Cabot, Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, Ferrante Gonzaga, and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
1490 - 1588
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 1
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 2
1490 - 1527
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 3
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 4
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
1490 - 1533
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 6
1490 - 1545
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 7
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 8
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
1490 - 1525
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 11
1490 - 1538
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 12
1491 - 1557
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 1
1515 - 1557
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 2
1502 - 1557
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 3
1494 - 1557
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 4
1499 - 1557
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 5
1494 - 1557
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 6
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 7
1510 - 1557
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 8
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 9
1497 - 1557
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 10
1534 - 1557
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 11
1507 - 1557
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 12
1522 - 1557
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 13
Among people born in Sweden, Olaus Magnus ranks 98 out of 1,612. Before him are Hugo Theorell (1903), Axel Munthe (1857), Birger Jarl (1210), Anund Jacob (1008), Hannes Alfvén (1908), and Hilma af Klint (1862). After him are Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Arvid Carlsson (1923), Peter Stormare (1953), Roy Andersson (1943), and Tomas Lindahl (1938).
1903 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 92
1857 - 1949
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 93
1210 - 1266
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 94
1008 - 1050
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 95
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 96
1862 - 1944
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 97
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 98
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 99
1899 - 1979
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 100
1923 - 2018
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 101
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 102
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 103
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 104
Among religious figures born in Sweden, Olaus Magnus ranks 3. Before him are Bridget of Sweden (1303) and Eric IX of Sweden (1120). After him are Catherine of Vadstena (1331), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Johannes Magnus (1488), Gustav Trolle (1488), Laurentius Petri (1499), Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417), and Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870).
1303 - 1373
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 1
1120 - 1160
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 2
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 3
1331 - 1381
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 4
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 5
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6
1859 - 1953
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 7
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 8
1488 - 1535
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 9
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 10
1417 - 1467
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 11
1870 - 1957
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 12