1468 - 1549
Pope Paul III (Latin: Paulus III; Italian: Paolo III; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549), born Alessandro Farnese, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church as the Protestant Reformation progressed. His pontificate initiated the Catholic Reformation with the Council of Trent in 1545, and witnessed wars of religion in which Emperor Charles V launched military campaigns against the Protestants in Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Paul III has received more than 1,328,025 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). Pope Paul III is the 89th most popular religious figure (down from 83rd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Italy (up from 100th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Italian Religious Figure.
Pope Paul III was most famous for the Council of Trent, which was a Catholic Church council that met in the city of Trent, Italy, from 1545 to 1563.
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Among religious figures, Pope Paul III ranks 89 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Pius X, Hasan ibn Ali, Philip the Apostle, Pope Benedict XV, Jude the Apostle, and Saint Anne. After him are Pope Leo XIII, Maimonides, Teresa of Ávila, Saint Lawrence, Methuselah, and Elisha.
1835 - 1914
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 83
624 - 670
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 84
5 - 80
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 85
1854 - 1922
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 86
15 - 70
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 87
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 88
1468 - 1549
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 89
1810 - 1903
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 90
1138 - 1204
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 91
1515 - 1582
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 92
225 - 258
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 93
3074 BC - 2105 BC
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 94
900 BC - 790 BC
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1468, Pope Paul III ranks 1. After him are John, Elector of Saxony, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, Basil Fool for Christ, Tomé Pires, Juan de Zumárraga, Juan del Encina, Francesco Donato, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria, Ibn Kemal, and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1549, Pope Paul III ranks 1. After him are Marguerite de Navarre, Il Sodoma, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Christine of Saxony, Giampietrino, and Elia Levita.
1468 - 1549
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 1
1468 - 1532
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 2
1468 - 1490
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 3
1468 - 1552
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 4
1468 - 1540
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 5
1468 - 1548
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 6
1468 - 1529
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 7
1468 - 1553
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 8
1468 - 1533
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 9
1468 - 1524
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 10
1468 - 1536
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 11
1468 - 1532
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 12
1468 - 1549
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 1
1492 - 1549
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 2
1477 - 1549
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 3
1508 - 1549
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 4
1505 - 1549
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 5
1495 - 1549
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 6
1469 - 1549
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 7
Among people born in Italy, Pope Paul III ranks 99 out of 4,668. Before him are Pope Pius X (1835), Enrico Fermi (1901), Domitian (51), Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600), Pliny the Elder (23), and Pope Benedict XV (1854). After him are Terence Hill (1939), Pope Leo XIII (1810), Masaccio (1401), Amedeo Avogadro (1776), Antoninus Pius (86), and Antonio Gramsci (1891).
1835 - 1914
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 93
1901 - 1954
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 94
51 - 96
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 95
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 96
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 97
1854 - 1922
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 98
1468 - 1549
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 99
1939 - Present
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 100
1810 - 1903
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 101
1401 - 1428
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 102
1776 - 1856
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 103
86 - 161
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 104
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 105
Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Paul III ranks 21. Before him are Pope Pius IX (1792), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope Leo X (1475), Girolamo Savonarola (1452), Pope Pius X (1835), and Pope Benedict XV (1854). After him are Pope Leo XIII (1810), Pope Innocent III (1160), Agatha of Sicily (235), Pope Pius V (1504), Pope Pius III (1439), and Pope Urban VIII (1568).
1792 - 1878
HPI: 78.08
Rank: 15
1897 - 1978
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 16
1475 - 1521
HPI: 77.82
Rank: 17
1452 - 1498
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 18
1835 - 1914
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 19
1854 - 1922
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 20
1468 - 1549
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 21
1810 - 1903
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 22
1160 - 1216
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 23
235 - 261
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 24
1504 - 1572
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 25
1439 - 1503
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 26
1568 - 1644
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 27