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Judah Leon Abravanel

1460 - 1530

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Judah Leon Abravanel or Abrabanel (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה בֶּן יִצְחָק אַבְּרַבַנְאֵל, romanized: Yehuda ben Yitzhak Abravanel) (c. 1460 Lisbon – c. 1530? Naples?), otherwise known by the pen name of Leo the Hebrew (in Latin: Leo Hebraeus; in Portuguese: Leão Hebreu; in Italian: Leone Ebreo; in Spanish: León Hebreo; in French: León l'Hebreu), was a Portuguese–Jewish philosopher, physician, and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judah Leon Abravanel is the 1,294th most popular writer (down from 1,286th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 106th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Portuguese Writer.

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Among writers, Judah Leon Abravanel ranks 1,294 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn al-Nadim, Pierre Larousse, Kurt Tucholsky, Blaise de Vigenère, Michael Jackson, and Dositej Obradović. After him are Jean Giono, Hubert Selby Jr., Yeghishe Charents, Odoric of Pordenone, Peter Altenberg, and Carson McCullers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Judah Leon Abravanel ranks 12. Before him are Tristão da Cunha, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Bartholomew Columbus, Juan de la Cosa, Tilman Riemenschneider, and Jacopo de' Barbari. After him are Geertgen tot Sint Jans, Andrea Solari, João da Nova, Pierre de la Rue, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Konstanty Ostrogski. Among people deceased in 1530, Judah Leon Abravanel ranks 10. Before him are Quentin Matsys, Maximilian Sforza, Pêro da Covilhã, Joanna la Beltraneja, Thomas Wolsey, and Luis Ramírez de Lucena. After him are Jacopo Sannazaro, Properzia de' Rossi, Konstanty Ostrogski, Bramantino, Nicholas, Count of Salm, and Willibald Pirckheimer.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Judah Leon Abravanel ranks 113 out of 633. Before him are Rui Costa (1972), Rúben Amorim (1985), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Afonso I, Duke of Braganza (1377), Joan of Portugal (1439), and Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914). After him are John, Constable of Portugal (1400), Nuno Álvares Pereira (1360), Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira (1793), Afonso, Prince of Portugal (1475), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), and Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885).

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Among WRITERS In Portugal

Among writers born in Portugal, Judah Leon Abravanel ranks 5. Before him are José Saramago (1922), Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), and Denis of Portugal (1261). After him are Luís Fróis (1532), José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845), Gil Vicente (1465), João de Barros (1496), Almeida Garrett (1799), Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1491), and Tomé Pires (1468).

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