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Bartolomeo Cristofori

1655 - 1731

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Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (Italian pronunciation: [bartoloˈmɛːo kriˈstɔːfori di franˈtʃesko]; May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731) was an Italian maker of musical instruments famous for inventing the piano. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartolomeo Cristofori is the 25th most popular inventor (down from 22nd in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Italy (down from 351st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Inventor.

Bartolomeo Cristofori is most famous for inventing the piano in 1709.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 25 out of 426. Before him are Nicéphore Niépce, Karl Ferdinand Braun, George Stephenson, Hans Lippershey, Eli Whitney, and Lee de Forest. After him are Werner von Siemens, John Logie Baird, Denis Papin, Thomas Newcomen, Abbas ibn Firnas, and Jimmy Wales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 2. Before him is Pope Innocent XIII. After him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Charles XI of Sweden, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Christian Thomasius, Zumbi, Rinaldo d'Este, Johann Christoph Denner, Jean-François Regnard, Ferdinand Kettler, and Bernard de Montfaucon. Among people deceased in 1731, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Defoe. After him are Brook Taylor, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, Frederik Ruysch, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria, Johann Ludwig Bach, and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 416 out of 5,161. Before him are Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Marcus Terentius Varro (-116), Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Boniface III (540), Pope Leo VII (900), and Pope Adrian III (800). After him are Pope Zosimus (400), Pope Fabian (200), Fabio Capello (1946), Lisa del Giocondo (1479), Lucius Caesar (-17), and Claudio Ranieri (1951).

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Among INVENTORS In Italy

Among inventors born in Italy, Bartolomeo Cristofori ranks 3. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci (1452), and Guglielmo Marconi (1874). After him are Antonio Meucci (1808), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), Angelo Moriondo (1851), Max Valier (1895), Giovanni Caselli (1815), and Andrew Viterbi (1935).

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