RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Andrea Amati

1505 - 1577

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Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy. Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrea Amati is the 1,009th most popular religious figure (down from 829th in 2019), the 1,358th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,160th in 2019) and the 317th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Andrea Amati is most famous for being the first violin maker to produce violins with a scroll that was curved.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Andrea Amati ranks 1,009 out of 3,187. Before him are Peter Mogila, Leopold Mandić, John of Matha, Vilna Gaon, Isidore of Kiev, and John the Merciful. After him are Teobaldo Boccapecci, Sebastian Castellio, Mariano Rampolla, Melito of Sardis, Agathius, and Aleksandr Akimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1505, Andrea Amati ranks 4. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Mary of Hungary, and Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, Michel de l'Hôpital, Mikołaj Rej, Juan de Valdés, Lambert Lombard, Christine of Saxony, Nikolaus Federmann, and Christoph Amberger. Among people deceased in 1577, Andrea Amati ranks 5. Before him are Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Devlet I Giray, and Pedro Nunes. After him are Anna of Saxony, Şah Sultan, Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Scipione Rebiba, Alvise I Mocenigo, and Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andrea Amati ranks 1,358 out of 5,161. Before him are Armando Diaz (1861), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Tullio Levi-Civita (1873), Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596), Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1490), and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora (1804). After him are Cima da Conegliano (1459), Teobaldo Boccapecci (1100), Matteo Bandello (1484), Alessandro Moreschi (1858), Mariano Rampolla (1843), and Radagaisus (400).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Andrea Amati ranks 317. Before him are Antonio Quarracino (1923), Zita (1212), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Benedict the Moor (1526), Ascanio Sforza (1455), and Paula of Rome (347). After him are Teobaldo Boccapecci (1100), Mariano Rampolla (1843), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), Veronica Giuliani (1660), and Lawrence of Brindisi (1559).

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