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Fausto Veranzio

1551 - 1617

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Fausto Veranzio (Latin: Faustus Verantius; Croatian: Faust Vrančić; Hungarian and Vernacular Latin: Verancsics Faustus; c. 1551 – 20 January 1617) was a Croatian polymath, diplomat and bishop from Šibenik, then part of the Republic of Venice. He is a scientist recognised for his genius as both a Croatian and as a Croatian-Hungarian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fausto Veranzio is the 186th most popular inventor (down from 157th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Fausto Veranzio ranks 186 out of 426. Before him are Harold Eugene Edgerton, Matthew Boulton, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Gunther von Hagens, William Murdoch, and Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse. After him are Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Arnold Orville Beckman, Lucien Olivier, Larry Sanger, and Sequoyah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1551, Fausto Veranzio ranks 5. Before him are Henry III of France, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Giulio Caccini, and Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak. After him are Ğazı II Giray, Robert Peake the Elder, William Camden, Giovanni I Cornaro, and John Speed. Among people deceased in 1617, Fausto Veranzio ranks 12. Before him are Hendrik Goltzius, Emperor Go-Yōzei, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, David Fabricius, Concino Concini, and 4th Dalai Lama. After him are Giovanni Botero, Prospero Alpini, Alphonsus Rodriguez, Giovanni Antonio Magini, Sedefkar Mehmed Agha, and Leonora Dori.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Fausto Veranzio ranks 115 out of 700. Before him are George Martinuzzi (1482), Julian of Antioch (231), Neda Ukraden (1950), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Tin Ujević (1891), and Ivan Perišić (1989). After him are Vladimir Nazor (1876), Ivan Zajc (1832), Mile Budak (1889), Vatroslav Jagić (1838), Demetrius of Pharos (-300), and Trpimir I of Croatia (850).

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Among INVENTORS In Croatia

Among inventors born in Croatia, Fausto Veranzio ranks 2. Before him are Nikola Tesla (1856). After him are Josip Belušić (1847), and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini (1897).

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