1467 - 1548
Sigismund I the Old (Polish: Zygmunt I Stary, Lithuanian: Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the son of Casimir IV and younger brother of Kings John I Albert and Alexander I Jagiellon. He was nicknamed "the Old" in later historiography to distinguish him from his son and successor, Sigismund II Augustus. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigismund I the Old has received more than 555,403 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Sigismund I the Old is the 1,062nd most popular politician (down from 1,056th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Poland and the 14th most popular Polish Politician.
Sigismund I the Old was king of Poland and the last of the Jagiellons. He was king of Hungary and Bohemia from 1506 to 1548.
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Among politicians, Sigismund I the Old ranks 1,062 out of 15,577. Before him are Creon, Queen Paola of Belgium, Saud of Saudi Arabia, Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Shoshenq I, and Chlothar II. After him are Adolphe Thiers, Himiko, Yulia Tymoshenko, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Ariq Böke, and Dionysius I of Syracuse.
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,056
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,057
1902 - 1969
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,058
1175 - 1218
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,059
1000 BC - 924 BC
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,060
584 - 629
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 1,061
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 1,062
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 1,063
175 - 248
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 1,064
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,065
1844 - 1916
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,066
1219 - 1266
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,067
430 BC - 366 BC
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 1,068
Among people born in 1467, Sigismund I the Old ranks 2. Before him is Pedro Álvares Cabral. After him are Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Ferdinand II of Naples, Giovanni il Popolano, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Guillaume Budé, Şehzade Korkut, Andrea Sansovino, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, and Ramón de Cardona. Among people deceased in 1548, Sigismund I the Old ranks 2. Before him is Catherine Parr. After him are Gonzalo Pizarro, Juan Diego, Juan de Zumárraga, Girolamo Savoldo, and Pascual de Andagoya.
1467 - 1520
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 1
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 2
1467 - 1483
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 3
1467 - 1547
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 4
1467 - 1496
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 5
1467 - 1498
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 6
1467 - 1516
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 7
1467 - 1540
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 8
1467 - 1513
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 9
1467 - 1529
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 10
1467 - 1538
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 11
1467 - 1522
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 12
1512 - 1548
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 1
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 2
1510 - 1548
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 3
1474 - 1548
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 4
1468 - 1548
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 5
1480 - 1548
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 6
1495 - 1548
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 7
Among people born in Poland, Sigismund I the Old ranks 66 out of 1,454. Before him are Emil von Behring (1854), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Jakob Böhme (1575), Albert A. Michelson (1852), Faustina Kowalska (1905), and Gerhart Hauptmann (1862). After him are Werner von Blomberg (1878), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Emanuel Lasker (1868), Gustav Fechner (1801), Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), and Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427).
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 60
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 61
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 62
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 63
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 64
1862 - 1946
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 65
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 66
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 67
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 68
1868 - 1941
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 69
1801 - 1887
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 70
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 71
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 72
Among politicians born in Poland, Sigismund I the Old ranks 14. Before him are Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Władysław III of Poland (1424), Casimir III the Great (1310), and Bolesław I the Brave (967). After him are Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), John II Casimir Vasa (1609), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Horst Köhler (1943), Egon Krenz (1937), and Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046).
1520 - 1572
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 8
1949 - 2010
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 9
1923 - 2014
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 10
1424 - 1444
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 11
1310 - 1370
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 12
967 - 1025
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 13
1467 - 1548
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 14
1427 - 1492
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 15
1609 - 1672
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 16
1523 - 1596
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 19
1046 - 1095
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 20