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Giovanni Pontano

1426 - 1503

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Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503), later known as Giovanni Gioviano (Latin: Ioannes Iovianus Pontanus), was a humanist and poet from Cerreto di Spoleto, in central Italy. He was the leading figure of the Accademia Pontaniana after the death of Antonio Beccadelli in 1471, and the academy took his name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Pontano is the 3,588th most popular writer (down from 2,710th in 2019). (down from 2,094th in 2019)

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Among writers, Giovanni Pontano ranks 3,588 out of 7,302. Before him are Torgny Lindgren, Teofilo Folengo, Ozaki Kōyō, Titus Quinctius Atta, Augusto Monterroso, and Arthur Waley. After him are Edward William Lane, Takeo Arishima, Mikha'il Na'ima, Henry Becque, James Russell Lowell, and Albert Cossery.

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Among people born in 1426, Giovanni Pontano ranks 6. Before him are Christian I of Denmark, Eleanor of Navarre, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, John II, Duke of Bourbon, and Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany.  Among people deceased in 1503, Giovanni Pontano ranks 14. Before him are Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bona of Savoy, George, Duke of Bavaria, Pierre d'Aubusson, Peter Schöffer, and Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg. After him are William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Nur Devlet, Lorenzo Cybo de Mari, Marfa Boretskaya, and Frederick Jagiellon.

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