1530 - 1565
Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese (11 August 1530 – 29 October 1565) was an Italian prelate and a grandson of Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese). He held various prestigious and lucrative offices in the Church, including Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Lucia in Selci (1545) and Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1565). At the age of 15 he was created a cardinal by his grandfather the pope, which gained him the nickname Il Cardinalino ("Little Cardinal"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ranuccio Farnese has received more than 4,492 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ranuccio Farnese is the 1,271st most popular religious figure (up from 1,433rd in 2019), the 1,857th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,248th in 2019) and the 355th most popular Italian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Ranuccio Farnese ranks 1,271 out of 2,238. Before him are Maximianus of Ravenna, Angelo Amato, Victor Maurus, Hugh of Châteauneuf, Tilopa, and Tola. After him are Jean Calas, Lubomyr Husar, Pedro Arrupe, Andrew Avellino, Johannes Oecolampadius, and Désiré-Joseph Mercier.
499 - 556
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,265
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 1,266
300 - 303
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 1,267
1053 - 1132
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 1,268
928 - 1009
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1,269
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,270
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,271
1698 - 1762
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,272
1933 - 2017
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 1,273
1907 - 1991
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,274
1521 - 1608
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,275
1482 - 1531
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,276
1851 - 1926
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,277
Among people born in 1530, Ranuccio Farnese ranks 15. Before him are Ruy López de Segura, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Jan Kochanowski, Christopher Báthory, Juan de Herrera, and Starina Novak. After him are Kuyucu Murad Pasha, Giambattista Benedetti, Nicholas Rémy, Symon Budny, Grace O'Malley, and Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1565, Ranuccio Farnese ranks 10. Before him are Lodovico Ferrari, Queen Munjeong, William Farel, Cipriano de Rore, Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, and Ashikaga Yoshiteru. After him are Diego Laynez, Semiz Ali Pasha, Lucia Anguissola, Pier Paolo Vergerio, Lope de Rueda, and Nicolaus von Amsdorf.
1530 - 1580
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 9
1530 - 1573
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 10
1530 - 1584
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 11
1530 - 1581
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 12
1530 - 1593
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 13
1530 - 1601
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 14
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 15
1530 - 1611
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 16
1530 - 1590
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 17
1530 - 1612
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 18
1530 - 1593
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 19
1530 - 1603
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 20
1530 - 1612
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 21
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 4
1501 - 1565
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 5
1489 - 1565
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 6
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 7
1515 - 1565
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 8
1536 - 1565
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 9
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 10
1512 - 1565
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 11
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 12
1536 - 1565
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 13
1498 - 1565
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 14
1500 - 1565
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 15
1483 - 1565
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 16
Among people born in Italy, Ranuccio Farnese ranks 1,857 out of 4,668. Before him are Lippo Memmi (1291), Leopoldo de' Medici (1617), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), Antonio Corradini (1688), Baldus de Ubaldis (1327), and Agostino Tassi (1578). After him are Tarcisio Burgnich (1939), Oswald von Wolkenstein (1377), Andrew Avellino (1521), Gaius Marius the Younger (-109), Quintus Servilius Caepio (-200), and Aulus Hirtius (-90).
1291 - 1356
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 1,851
1617 - 1675
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 1,852
1750 - 1800
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 1,853
1688 - 1752
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1,854
1327 - 1400
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,855
1578 - 1644
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,856
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,857
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 1,858
1377 - 1445
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,859
1521 - 1608
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 1,860
109 BC - 82 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,861
200 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,862
90 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 1,863
Among religious figures born in Italy, Ranuccio Farnese ranks 355. Before him are Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Renato Martino (1932), Joseph Freinademetz (1852), Saint Homobonus (1117), Carlo Maria Martini (1927), and Angelo Amato (1938). After him are Andrew Avellino (1521), Piero Marini (1942), Antoninus of Florence (1389), Agnes of Montepulciano (1268), Virginia Centurione Bracelli (1587), and Antipope Sylvester IV (1100).
1901 - 1925
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 349
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 350
1852 - 1908
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 351
1117 - 1197
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 352
1927 - 2012
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 353
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 354
1530 - 1565
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 355
1521 - 1608
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 356
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 357
1389 - 1459
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 358
1268 - 1317
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 359
1587 - 1651
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 360
1100 - 1111
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 361