1889 - 1983
Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (; 8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company. His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrian Boult has received more than 245,024 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Adrian Boult is the 89th most popular conductor (down from 82nd in 2019), the 3,197th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,170th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Conductor.
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Among conductors, Adrian Boult ranks 89 out of 97. Before him are Claudio Scimone, Gustavo Dudamel, Otmar Suitner, Paul Paray, Hans Zender, and Eri Klas. After him are Grzegorz Fitelberg, Georg Schnéevoigt, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Milan Horvat, Daniele Gatti, and Nikolai Golovanov.
1934 - 2018
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 83
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 84
1922 - 2010
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 85
1886 - 1979
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 86
1936 - 2019
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 87
1939 - 2016
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 88
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 89
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 90
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 91
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 92
1919 - 2014
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 93
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 94
1891 - 1953
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1889, Adrian Boult ranks 189. Before him are Dietrich Kraiss, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Bodil Ipsen, Gerhard Marcks, Anita Loos, and Francis Spellman. After him are Vera Karalli, Amrit Kaur, Richard O'Connor, Géo André, Efrem Zimbalist, and Clifton Webb. Among people deceased in 1983, Adrian Boult ranks 153. Before him are Otto Heckmann, Gunnar Thoroddsen, James Jamerson, Neil Ritchie, Jānis Ivanovs, and Gyula Lázár. After him are José Iraragorri, Nina Dumbadze, Mordecai Kaplan, Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev, Eugène Chaboud, and José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo.
1889 - 1944
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 183
1889 - 1929
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 184
1889 - 1964
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 185
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 186
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 187
1889 - 1967
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 188
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 189
1889 - 1972
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 190
1889 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 191
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 192
1889 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 193
1889 - 1985
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 194
1889 - 1966
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 195
1901 - 1983
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 147
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 148
1936 - 1983
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 149
1897 - 1983
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 150
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 151
1911 - 1983
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 152
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 153
1912 - 1983
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 154
1919 - 1983
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 155
1881 - 1983
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 156
1908 - 1983
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 157
1907 - 1983
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 158
1917 - 1983
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 159
Among people born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 3,197 out of 7,765. Before him are Sienna Guillory (1975), Martin Parr (1952), Robin Hill (1899), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Charles Lee (1731), and Robert W. Paul (1869). After him are Bob Anderson (1922), Clint Mansell (1963), Amelia Edwards (1831), James B. Francis (1815), John Lennard-Jones (1894), and Bob Shaw (1931).
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,191
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,192
1899 - 1991
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 3,193
1850 - 1885
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 3,194
1731 - 1782
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 3,195
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3,196
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3,197
1922 - 2012
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3,198
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,199
1831 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,200
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,201
1894 - 1954
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 3,202
1931 - 1996
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 3,203
Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Adrian Boult ranks 9. Before him are Simon Rattle (1955), John Barbirolli (1899), Colin Davis (1927), Thomas Beecham (1879), Jeffrey Tate (1943), and Henry Wood (1869). After him are Antonio Pappano (1959), John Pritchard (1921), Malcolm Sargent (1895), Daniel Harding (1975), Raymond Leppard (1927), and Andrew Parrott (1947).
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 3
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 4
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 5
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 6
1943 - 2017
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 7
1869 - 1944
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 8
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 10
1921 - 1989
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 11
1895 - 1967
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 12
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 13
1927 - 2019
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 14
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 15