1480 - 1544
Pedro Damiano (Portuguese: Pedro Damião; Damiano is the Italian form, much like the Latin Damianus; 1480–1544) was a Portuguese chess player. A native of Odemira, he was a pharmacist by profession. He wrote Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti, published in Rome, Italy, in 1512; it went through eight editions in the sixteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Damiano has received more than 70,868 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Pedro Damiano is the 47th most popular chess player, the 167th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 157th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Pedro Damiano ranks 47 out of 374. Before him are Andor Lilienthal, Legall de Kermeur, Svetozar Gligorić, Frank Marshall, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, and Howard Staunton. After him are Lajos Portisch, Salo Flohr, Viswanathan Anand, Géza Maróczy, Elisaveta Bykova, and Carl Schlechter.
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 41
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 42
1923 - 2012
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 43
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 44
1796 - 1840
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 45
1810 - 1874
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 46
1480 - 1544
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 48
1908 - 1983
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 49
1969 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 50
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 51
1913 - 1989
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 52
1874 - 1918
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 53
Among people born in 1480, Pedro Damiano ranks 23. Before him are Marcantonio Raimondi, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Jean Clouet, António de Abreu, Sebastián de Belalcázar, and Juan de Grijalva. After him are Herri met de Bles, Pir Sultan Abdal, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Antonio de Guevara, Girolamo Aleandro, and Girolamo Savoldo. Among people deceased in 1544, Pedro Damiano ranks 6. Before him are Jungjong of Joseon, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Hwang Jini, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and Clément Marot. After him are Johannes Magnus, Valerius Cordus, Louis V, Elector Palatine, Ruy López de Villalobos, Antonio de Guevara, and Teofilo Folengo.
1480 - 1534
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 17
1480 - 1538
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 18
1480 - 1541
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 19
1480 - 1514
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 20
1480 - 1551
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 21
1480 - 1527
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 22
1480 - 1544
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 23
1480 - 1555
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 24
1480 - 1550
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 25
1480 - 1557
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 26
1480 - 1544
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 27
1480 - 1542
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 28
1480 - 1548
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 29
1488 - 1544
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 1
1512 - 1544
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 2
1506 - 1544
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 3
1489 - 1544
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 4
1495 - 1544
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 5
1480 - 1544
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 6
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 7
1515 - 1544
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8
1478 - 1544
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 9
1500 - 1544
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 10
1480 - 1544
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 11
1491 - 1544
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 12
Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Damiano ranks 167 out of 555. Before him are Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Paulo Sousa (1970), Sidónio Pais (1872), Zeca Afonso (1929), Beatrice of Portugal (1347), and Pelagio Galvani (1165). After him are Tomé Pires (1468), Joanna, Princess of Portugal (1452), John, Constable of Portugal (1400), Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León (1178), Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal (1125), and Camilo Castelo Branco (1825).
1500 - 1450
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 161
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 162
1872 - 1918
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 163
1929 - 1987
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 164
1347 - 1381
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 165
1165 - 1230
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 166
1480 - 1544
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 167
1468 - 1540
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 168
1452 - 1490
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 169
1400 - 1442
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 170
1178 - 1250
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 171
1125 - 1157
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 172
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 173
Among chess players born in Portugal, Pedro Damiano ranks 1.