1466 - 1539
Ottaviano Petrucci (Fossombrone, 18 June 1466 – Venice, 7 May 1539) was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music printed from movable type. Actually that distinction belongs to the Roman printer Ulrich Han's Missale Romanum of 1476. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ottaviano Petrucci has received more than 110,863 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ottaviano Petrucci is the 173rd most popular inventor (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,919th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,799th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Inventor.
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Among inventors, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 173 out of 354. Before him are David Edward Hughes, Siegfried Marcus, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Georges Claude, Shigeo Shingo, and George Washington. After him are Peter Henlein, Hubert Cecil Booth, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Melvil Dewey, Matthew Boulton, and Johann Christoph Denner.
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 167
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 168
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 169
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 170
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 171
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 172
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 173
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 174
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 175
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 176
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 177
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 178
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 179
Among people born in 1466, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 10. Before him are Andrea Doria, Quentin Matsys, Alonso de Ojeda, Şehzade Ahmet, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, and Giovanni Sforza. After him is Ashikaga Yoshitane. Among people deceased in 1539, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 11. Before him are Ferdinand Columbus, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, George, Duke of Saxony, Elizabeth Blount, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, and John III, Duke of Cleves. After him are Il Pordenone, Pierre Gringore, Vannoccio Biringuccio, and Lorenzo Campeggio.
1466 - 1560
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 4
1466 - 1530
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 5
1466 - 1515
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 6
1466 - 1513
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 7
1466 - 1519
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 8
1466 - 1510
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 9
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 10
1466 - 1523
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 11
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 5
1477 - 1539
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 6
1471 - 1539
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 7
1500 - 1539
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 8
1502 - 1539
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 9
1490 - 1539
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 10
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 11
1484 - 1539
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 12
1475 - 1539
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 13
1480 - 1539
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 14
1474 - 1539
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 15
Among people born in Italy, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 1,919 out of 4,668. Before him are Nevio Scala (1947), Eleanor of Anjou (1289), Paolo Boi (1528), Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia (null), Marino Marini (1901), and Niccolò de' Niccoli (1365). After him are Tommaso Mocenigo (1343), Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (1440), Guido Cantelli (1920), Giovanni Aldini (1762), Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666), and Vincenzo Catena (1470).
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 1,913
1289 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,914
1528 - 1598
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 1,915
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 1,916
1901 - 1980
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 1,917
1365 - 1437
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 1,918
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 1,919
1343 - 1423
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 1,920
1440 - 1518
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 1,921
1920 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,922
1762 - 1834
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,923
1666 - 1723
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 1,924
1470 - 1531
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 1,925
Among inventors born in Italy, Ottaviano Petrucci ranks 6. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452), Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Antonio Meucci (1808), Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), and Johann Maria Farina (1685). After him are Max Valier (1895) and Andrew Viterbi (1935).
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.48
Rank: 1
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 3
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 4
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 5
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 6
1895 - 1930
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 8