500 - 552
Totila, original name Baduila (died 1 July 552), was the penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, reigning from 541 to 552 AD. A skilled military and political leader, Totila reversed the tide of the Gothic War, recovering by 543 almost all the territories in Italy that the Eastern Roman Empire had captured from his Kingdom in 540. A relative of Theudis, sword-bearer of Theodoric the Great and king of the Visigoths, Totila was elected king by Ostrogothic nobles in the autumn of 541 after King Witigis had been carried off prisoner to Constantinople. Totila proved himself both as a military and political leader, winning the support of the lower classes by liberating slaves and distributing land to the peasants. After a successful defence at Verona, Totila pursued and defeated a numerically superior army at the Battle of Faventia in 542 AD. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Totila has received more than 321,248 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Totila is the 1,271st most popular politician (down from 1,268th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from Italy (up from 518th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Italian Politician.
Totila was the last Ostrogothic king of Italy. He led the Ostrogoths in the Gothic War against the Byzantine Empire.
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Among politicians, Totila ranks 1,271 out of 15,577. Before him are Emperor Wu of Jin, Herod Agrippa, Halford Mackinder, Fredrik Bajer, Henry the Lion, and Æthelred the Unready. After him are Georgy Lvov, Paul Bocuse, Stateira II, Camille Desmoulins, Walther Funk, and Theophilos.
236 - 290
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,265
11 BC - 44
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,266
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,267
1837 - 1922
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,268
1129 - 1195
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 1,269
968 - 1016
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,270
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,271
1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1,272
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,273
346 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,274
1760 - 1794
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,275
1890 - 1960
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,276
813 - 842
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1,277
Among people born in 500, Totila ranks 4. Before him are Procopius, Theodora, and Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. After him are Pope Vigilius, Sigismund of Burgundy, Peroz I, Basiliscus, Nonnus, Yazdegerd II, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and Ildico. Among people deceased in 552, Totila ranks 1. After him are Bumin Qaghan, Teia, and Menas of Constantinople.
500 - 560
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 1
500 - 548
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 2
500 - 510
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 3
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 4
500 - 555
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 5
500 - 524
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 6
500 - 484
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 7
500 - 476
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 8
500 - 500
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 9
500 - 457
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 10
500 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
500 - Present
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 12
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 1
490 - 552
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2
550 - 552
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 3
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 4
Among people born in Italy, Totila ranks 510 out of 4,668. Before him are Oriana Fallaci (1929), Franco Nero (1941), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Francesco Redi (1626), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), and Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541). After him are Cornelius Nepos (-100), Pietro Aretino (1492), Pope Boniface VI (800), Alberto Ascari (1918), Giovanni Falcone (1939), and Pope Hilarius (415).
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 504
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 505
700 - 752
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 506
1626 - 1697
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 507
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 508
1541 - 1587
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 509
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 510
100 BC - 25 BC
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 511
1492 - 1556
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 512
800 - 896
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 513
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 514
1939 - 1992
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 515
415 - 468
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 516
Among politicians born in Italy, Totila ranks 78. Before him are Galeazzo Ciano (1903), Brennus (-500), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Francesco I Sforza (1401), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), and Trebonianus Gallus (206). After him are Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), Giorgio Napolitano (1925), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Octavia the Younger (-69), and Philip of Swabia (1177).
1903 - 1944
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 72
500 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 73
1228 - 1254
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 74
1401 - 1466
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 75
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 76
206 - 253
HPI: 68.14
Rank: 77
500 - 552
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 78
1803 - 1884
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 79
1777 - 1830
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 80
1925 - 2023
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 81
1882 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 82
69 BC - 11 BC
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 83
1177 - 1208
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 84