Composer

Enoch Sontonga

South African composer

1873 - 1905

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Enoch Sontonga

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Enoch Sontonga is the 1,342nd most popular composer (down from 1,236th in 2024), the 190th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 127th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Composer.

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Among Composers

Among composers, Enoch Sontonga ranks 1,342 out of 1,451. Before him are Bruce Broughton, Georg Riedel, Detto Mariano, Poul Ruders, Karel Husa, and Rauf Hajiyev. After him are Vincent Persichetti, David Del Tredici, Mark Mancina, Emīls Dārziņš, Nurit Hirsh, and Harald Kloser.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Bruce Broughton
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 1,336
Georg Riedel
1934 - 2024
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 1,337
Detto Mariano
1937 - 2020
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 1,338
Poul Ruders
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 1,339
Karel Husa
1921 - 2016
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 1,340
Rauf Hajiyev
1922 - 1995
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 1,341
Enoch Sontonga
1873 - 1905
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 1,342
Vincent Persichetti
1915 - 1987
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 1,343
David Del Tredici
1937 - 2023
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,344
Mark Mancina
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 1,345
Emīls Dārziņš
1875 - 1910
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,346
Nurit Hirsh
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 1,347
Harald Kloser
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,348

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Enoch Sontonga ranks 194. Before him are Leonid Leonidov, Michel Giacobini, Juliette Atkinson, August Rodenberg, Halvdan Koht, and John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon. After him are Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Frederick Merriman, Charles Clary, Herbert Roper Barrett, Dmitry Ushakov, and Dorothy Richardson. Among people deceased in 1905, Enoch Sontonga ranks 95. Before him are Lizardo Montero Flores, Alexander Melville Bell, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, Mabel Cahill, Vjenceslav Novak, and Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford. After him are Fitzhugh Lee, George S. Boutwell, James Mason, and Sarah E. Goode.

Others Born in 1873

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Leonid Leonidov
ACTOR
1873 - 1941
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 188
Michel Giacobini
ASTRONOMER
1873 - 1938
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 189
Juliette Atkinson
TENNIS PLAYER
1873 - 1944
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 190
August Rodenberg
ATHLETE
1873 - 1933
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 191
Halvdan Koht
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1965
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 192
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1954
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 193
Enoch Sontonga
COMPOSER
1873 - 1905
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 194
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1873 - 1956
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 195
Frederick Merriman
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1940
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 196
Charles Clary
ACTOR
1873 - 1931
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 197
Herbert Roper Barrett
TENNIS PLAYER
1873 - 1943
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 198
Dmitry Ushakov
LINGUIST
1873 - 1942
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 199
Dorothy Richardson
WRITER
1873 - 1957
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 200

Others Deceased in 1905

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Lizardo Montero Flores
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1905
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 89
Alexander Melville Bell
LINGUIST
1819 - 1905
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 90
Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1905
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 91
Mabel Cahill
TENNIS PLAYER
1863 - 1905
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 92
Vjenceslav Novak
WRITER
1859 - 1905
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 93
Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1827 - 1905
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 94
Enoch Sontonga
COMPOSER
1873 - 1905
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 95
Fitzhugh Lee
POLITICIAN
1835 - 1905
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 96
George S. Boutwell
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1905
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 97
James Mason
WRITER
1849 - 1905
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 98
Sarah E. Goode
INVENTOR
1855 - 1905
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 99