1486 - 1555
Thomas of Villanova, OSA (1488 – September 8, 1555), born Tomás García y Martínez, was a Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine who was a noted preacher, ascetic and religious writer of his day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas of Villanova has received more than 199,897 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Thomas of Villanova is the 1,303rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,309th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Spain (up from 717th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Thomas of Villanova ranks 1,303 out of 2,238. Before him are Laura Vicuña, Eunomius of Cyzicus, Stanisław Dziwisz, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Antipope Sylvester IV, and Reginald Lee. After him are Armand de Périgord, Ahijah the Shilonite, Naropa, Eulogius of Córdoba, Oswald of Northumbria, and Ilon Wikland.
1891 - 1904
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,297
335 - 394
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,298
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,299
1587 - 1651
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,300
1100 - 1111
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,301
1870 - 1913
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,302
1486 - 1555
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,303
1178 - 1247
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,304
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,305
1016 - 1100
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,306
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,307
604 - 642
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,308
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 1,309
Among people born in 1486, Thomas of Villanova ranks 15. Before him are Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Johann Eck, Martin Agricola, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Andreas Karlstadt. After him are Sigismund von Herberstein, Girolamo Priuli, Ludwig Senfl, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1555, Thomas of Villanova ranks 9. Before him are Pope Marcellus II, Georgius Agricola, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Henry II of Navarre, Jacob Clemens non Papa, and Pedro Mascarenhas. After him are Oronce Finé, Herri met de Bles, Heinrich Aldegrever, Agnes of Hesse, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja.
1486 - 1537
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 9
1486 - 1502
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 10
1486 - 1543
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 11
1486 - 1556
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 12
1486 - 1551
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 13
1486 - 1541
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 14
1486 - 1555
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 15
1486 - 1566
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 16
1486 - 1567
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 17
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 18
1486 - 1518
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 19
1486 - 1547
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 20
1501 - 1555
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 3
1494 - 1555
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 4
1450 - 1555
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
1503 - 1555
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 6
1510 - 1555
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 7
1484 - 1555
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 8
1486 - 1555
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 9
1494 - 1555
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 10
1480 - 1555
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 11
1502 - 1555
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 12
1527 - 1555
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 13
1485 - 1555
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 14
1506 - 1555
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 15
Among people born in Spain, Thomas of Villanova ranks 649 out of 2,932. Before him are Pedro Arrupe (1907), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (1550), Diego Laynez (1512), Luis de León (1527), and Jacint Verdaguer (1845). After him are Caterina Albert (1869), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Pilar Bardem (1939), Juande Ramos (1954), and Ahmad al-Muqtadir (1050).
1907 - 1991
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 643
1901 - 2003
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 644
1550 - 1615
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 645
1512 - 1565
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 646
1527 - 1591
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 647
1845 - 1902
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 648
1486 - 1555
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 649
1869 - 1966
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 650
1470 - 1541
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 651
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 652
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 653
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 654
1050 - 1082
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 655
Among religious figures born in Spain, Thomas of Villanova ranks 49. Before him are Theodulf of Orléans (750), Didacus of Alcalá (1400), Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Pedro Arrupe (1907), and Diego Laynez (1512). After him are Eulogius of Córdoba (810), Beatus of Liébana (730), Juan de Zumárraga (1468), Raimon Panikkar (1918), Pelagius of Córdoba (912), and Javier Echevarría Rodríguez (1932).
750 - 821
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 43
1400 - 1463
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 44
1076 - 1148
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 45
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 46
1907 - 1991
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 47
1512 - 1565
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 48
1486 - 1555
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 49
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 50
730 - 798
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 51
1468 - 1548
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 52
1918 - 2010
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 53
912 - 926
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 54
1932 - 2016
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 55