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Michael Critobulus

1400 - 1467

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Michael Critobulus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κριτόβουλος; c. 1410 – c. 1470) was a Greek politician, scholar and historian. He is known as the author of a history of the Ottoman conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire under Sultan Mehmet II. Critobulus' work, along with the writings of Doukas, Laonicus Chalcondyles and George Sphrantzes, is one of the principal sources for the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Critobulus is the 10,815th most popular politician (up from 12,138th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 979th in 2019) and the 408th most popular Turkish Politician.

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Among politicians, Michael Critobulus ranks 10,815 out of 19,576Before him are Paolo Renier, Peter T. King, Béhanzin, Mark of Cornwall, Josef Klaus, and Saadeddine Othmani. After him are Mutesa II of Buganda, Stepan Petrichenko, Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Daniel Williams, and Kelly Craft.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Michael Critobulus ranks 31Before him are Balša II, Irene Asanina, Michael Szilágyi, Sāyaṇa, Johann Fust, and Abella. After him are Hans Multscher, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, Nerio I Acciaioli, Ramananda, Stephen Ostojić of Bosnia, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral. Among people deceased in 1467, Michael Critobulus ranks 6Before him are Philip the Good, Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress, Jahan Shah, John, Count of Angoulême, and Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. After him are Hans Multscher, and Sayf al-Din Khushqadam.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Michael Critobulus ranks 868 out of 1,347Before him are Dorotheus of Tyre (255), Hâfiz Osman (1642), Rusa III (-650), Aesacus (null), Henri Langlois (1914), and Aristeas (-600). After him are Parthenius of Nicaea (-1), Hierocles (200), Ino Anastasia (600), Saint Telemachus (301), Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862), and Aulus Licinius Archias (-121).

Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Michael Critobulus ranks 408Before him are Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887), Ali Kemal (1867), Theodosius (583), Verina (null), Rusa III (-650), and Aesacus (null). After him are Hierocles (200), Ino Anastasia (600), Ptolemy Epigonos (-300), Deniz Baykal (1938), Isaac Komnenos (1093), and Damat Ferid Pasha (1853).