1484 - 1557
Sebastian Cabot (Italian and Venetian: Sebastiano Caboto, Italian: [sebaˈstjaːno kaˈbɔːto]; Spanish: Sebastián Caboto, Gaboto or Cabot; c. 1474 – c. December 1557) was a Venetian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic and a Venetian citizen. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Cabot has received more than 24,650 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sebastian Cabot is the 88th most popular explorer (down from 80th in 2019), the 1,073rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,065th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Explorer.
Sebastian Cabot is most famous for being a navigator and explorer for England. He was the first person to map the North American coast and explore Canada.
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Among explorers, Sebastian Cabot ranks 88 out of 405. Before him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Jeanne Baret, Charles Marie de La Condamine, and Juan Díaz de Solís. After him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Jean de Béthencourt, Diogo Dias, Heinrich Barth, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and Robert FitzRoy.
1488 - 1559
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 82
966 - 1000
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 83
1179 - 1229
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 84
1740 - 1807
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 85
1701 - 1774
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 86
1470 - 1516
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 87
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 88
1770 - 1846
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 89
1362 - 1425
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 90
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 91
1821 - 1865
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 92
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 93
1805 - 1865
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 94
Among people born in 1484, Sebastian Cabot ranks 6. Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Bartolomé de las Casas, Hans Baldung, Anne of Foix-Candale, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. After him are Julius Caesar Scaliger, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Michele Sanmicheli. Among people deceased in 1557, Sebastian Cabot ranks 9. Before him are John III of Portugal, Pontormo, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Bona Sforza, Olaus Magnus, and Mikael Agricola. After him are Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, Ferrante Gonzaga, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Mohammed al-Shaykh, and Galvarino.
1484 - 1531
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 1
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 2
1484 - 1545
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 3
1484 - 1506
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 4
1484 - 1545
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 5
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 6
1484 - 1558
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 7
1484 - 1535
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 8
1484 - 1546
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 9
1484 - 1561
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 10
1484 - 1543
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 11
1484 - 1559
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 12
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
1490 - 1557
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 14
1490 - 1557
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 15
Among people born in Italy, Sebastian Cabot ranks 1,073 out of 4,668. Before him are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Daniele da Volterra (1509), Gemma Galgani (1878), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), and Giacomo Matteotti (1885). After him are Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Luigi Nono (1924), Verres (-120), and Tiberius Gemellus (19).
1756 - 1805
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 1,067
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 1,068
1509 - 1566
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 1,069
1878 - 1903
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 1,070
1605 - 1674
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 1,071
1885 - 1924
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,072
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,073
1589 - 1655
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 1,074
1920 - 1995
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 1,075
1687 - 1762
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1,076
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1,077
120 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1,078
19 - 38
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 1,079
Among explorers born in Italy, Sebastian Cabot ranks 8. Before him are Christopher Columbus (1451), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), and Antonio Pigafetta (1492). After him are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385), and Alejandro Malaspina (1754).
1451 - 1506
HPI: 93.18
Rank: 2
1454 - 1512
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 3
1450 - 1498
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 4
1485 - 1528
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 5
1778 - 1823
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 6
1492 - 1531
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 7
1484 - 1557
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 8
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 9
1460 - 1515
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 10
1432 - 1488
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 11
1270 - 1336
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 12
1385 - 1430
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 13
1754 - 1810
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 14