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Simonetta Vespucci

1453 - 1476

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Simonetta Vespucci (née Cattaneo; c. 1453 – 26 April 1476), nicknamed la bella Simonetta ("the fair Simonetta"), was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife of Marco Vespucci of Florence and the cousin-in-law of Amerigo Vespucci. She was known as the greatest beauty of her age in Italy, and was allegedly the model for many paintings by Sandro Botticelli, Piero di Cosimo, and other Florentine painters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simonetta Vespucci has received more than 826,327 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Simonetta Vespucci is the 11th most popular celebrity (down from 7th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Italy (down from 441st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Celebrity.

Simonetta Vespucci was most famous for being the daughter of a Florentine merchant and a noblewoman. She was also married to Francesco del Giocondo, a wealthy Florentine silk merchant.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Over the past year Simonetta Vespucci has had the most page views in the with 92,797 views, followed by Italian (56,714), and Spanish (39,510). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (124.71%), Egyptian Arabic (89.39%), and Persian (73.72%)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Simonetta Vespucci ranks 11 out of 265Before her are Lina Medina, Jeanne Calment, Kaspar Hauser, Robert Wadlow, Millvina Dean, and Geli Raubal. After her are Anna Nicole Smith, Jon Brower Minnoch, Empress Michiko, Maria von Trapp, Buffalo Bill, and Joseph Merrick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1453, Simonetta Vespucci ranks 2Before her is Afonso de Albuquerque. After her are Giuliano de' Medici, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Clarice Orsini, Gülbahar Hatun, Andreas Palaiologos, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Margaret of Foix, and João Fernandes Lavrador. Among people deceased in 1476, Simonetta Vespucci ranks 2Before her is Vlad the Impaler. After her are Regiomontanus, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, Frederick I, Elector Palatine, Stefan Branković, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, George VIII of Georgia, and Pietro Mocenigo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Simonetta Vespucci ranks 476 out of 5,161Before her are Gaius Maecenas (-68), Octavia the Younger (-69), Gaius Gracchus (-154), Pope Benedict III (810), Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (1771), and Pope Simplicius (420). After her are Guccio Gucci (1881), Pope Paul II (1417), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Christine de Pizan (1365), Pope Honorius I (585), and Januarius (272).

Among CELEBRITIES In Italy

Among celebrities born in Italy, Simonetta Vespucci ranks 2Before her are Ötzi (-3345). After her are Rosalia Lombardo (1918), Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (1837), Cecilia Gallerani (1473), and Milena Miconi (1971).