1488 - 1552
Sebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel. His well-known work, the highly accurate world map, Cosmographia, sold well and went through 24 editions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Münster has received more than 177,081 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sebastian Münster is the 27th most popular geographer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,249th most popular biography from Germany (down from 940th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Geographer.
Sebastian Münster is most famous for his Cosmographia, a world atlas that was published in 1544.
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Among geographers, Sebastian Münster ranks 27 out of 67. Before him are Abraham Cresques, James Lovelock, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Al-Bakri, Fra Mauro, and William Morris Davis. After him are Zakariya al-Qazwini, Marinus of Tyre, Nicolas Sanson, Albrecht Penck, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, and Jodocus Hondius.
1325 - 1387
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 21
1919 - 2022
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 22
1514 - 1574
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 23
1014 - 1094
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 24
1385 - 1459
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 25
1850 - 1934
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 26
1488 - 1552
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 27
1203 - 1283
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 28
100 - 130
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 29
1600 - 1667
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 30
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 31
1100 - 1061
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 32
1563 - 1612
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1488, Sebastian Münster ranks 9. Before him are Ulrich von Hutten, Lütfi Pasha, Germaine of Foix, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Ferdinand Columbus, and Bartolommeo Bandinelli. After him are Joseph Karo, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Otto Brunfels, Johannes Magnus, Jan Tarnowski, and Heinrich Glarean. Among people deceased in 1552, Sebastian Münster ranks 6. Before him are Francis Xavier, Katharina von Bora, Basil Fool for Christ, Petrus Apianus, and Paolo Giovio. After him are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Andreas Osiander, Olaus Petri, Antonio de Mendoza, Guru Angad, and Pierre Attaingnant.
1488 - 1523
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 3
1488 - 1562
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 4
1488 - 1536
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 5
1488 - 1559
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 6
1488 - 1539
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 7
1488 - 1560
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 8
1488 - 1552
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 9
1488 - 1575
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 10
1488 - 1496
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 11
1488 - 1534
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 12
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 13
1488 - 1561
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 14
1488 - 1563
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 15
1506 - 1552
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 1
1498 - 1552
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 2
1468 - 1552
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 3
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 4
1483 - 1552
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 5
1488 - 1552
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 6
1506 - 1552
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 7
1498 - 1552
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 8
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 9
1494 - 1552
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 10
1504 - 1552
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 11
1494 - 1552
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Sebastian Münster ranks 1,249 out of 6,142. Before him are Lorenz von Stein (1815), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Anton Dostler (1891), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), Jost Gippert (1956), and Albert Speer (1934). After him are Friedrich Sertürner (1783), Ernst Chladni (1756), Duke Pius August in Bavaria (1786), Ralph H. Baer (1922), Princess Sophie of Saxony (1845), and Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413).
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,243
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,244
1891 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,245
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,246
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,247
1934 - 2017
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,248
1488 - 1552
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,249
1783 - 1841
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,250
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 1,251
1786 - 1837
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 1,252
1922 - 2014
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,253
1845 - 1867
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 1,254
1413 - 1471
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 1,255
Among geographers born in Germany, Sebastian Münster ranks 4. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Carl Ritter (1779), and Martin Waldseemüller (1470). After him are Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Hans Meyer (1858), Adolf Stieler (1775), and Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724).
1769 - 1859
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 1
1779 - 1859
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 2
1470 - 1520
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 3
1488 - 1552
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5
1859 - 1941
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6
1709 - 1755
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 8
1775 - 1836
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 9
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 10