



The Most Famous
Composers from Australia
Top 5 Australian Composers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Australians Composers of all time. This list of famous Australians Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1

Arthur Benjamin
1893 - 1960
HPI 58.2620 langsAustralian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher
- #2

Percy Grainger
1882 - 1961
HPI 56.5129 langsAustralian-born composer, arranger and pianist
- #3

Peter Sculthorpe
1929 - 2014
HPI 49.7616 langsAustralian composer (1929-2014)
- #4

Malcolm Williamson
1931 - 2003
HPI 48.4316 langsAustralian composer (1931–2003)
- #5

Brett Dean
b. 1961
HPI 46.9917 langsAustralian composer, conductor and violist
Overlapping Lives
Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.
