1880 - 1952
Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880 – February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He was born in Munich and fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's Machtergreifung, arriving in the United States by 1939. He is best known for being the editor of the first major revision of the Köchel catalogue, which was published in the year 1936. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Einstein has received more than 200,301 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Einstein is the 336th most popular composer (down from 327th in 2019), the 1,298th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,239th in 2019) and the 47th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Alfred Einstein ranks 336 out of 1,216. Before him are Giovanni Bononcini, Francesco Durante, Ignaz Moscheles, Heinrich Isaac, Samuel Scheidt, and Mykola Leontovych. After him are Marcel Dupré, Ernest Bloch, Francesco Cilea, Frank Martin, Cipriano de Rore, and Viktor Ullmann.
1670 - 1747
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 330
1684 - 1755
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 331
1794 - 1870
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 332
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 333
1587 - 1654
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 334
1877 - 1921
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 335
1880 - 1952
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 336
1886 - 1971
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 337
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 338
1866 - 1950
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 339
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 340
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 341
1898 - 1944
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 342
Among people born in 1880, Alfred Einstein ranks 41. Before him are Andrei Bely, Vojtech Tuka, Álvaro Obregón, Akiba Rubinstein, Mack Sennett, and María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias. After him are Ernest Bloch, Gideon Sundback, Ugo Cavallero, Alexander Grin, Alice Bailey, and Adam Czerniaków. Among people deceased in 1952, Alfred Einstein ranks 32. Before him are George Santayana, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Sveinn Björnsson, Rudolf Slánský, and Charles Scott Sherrington. After him are Charles Lightoller, Bedřich Hrozný, Emilie Louise Flöge, Clark L. Hull, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, and John Langenus.
1880 - 1934
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 35
1880 - 1946
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 36
1880 - 1928
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 37
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 38
1880 - 1960
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 39
1880 - 1904
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 40
1880 - 1952
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 41
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 42
1880 - 1954
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 43
1880 - 1943
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 44
1880 - 1932
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 45
1880 - 1949
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 46
1880 - 1942
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 47
1863 - 1952
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 26
1887 - 1952
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 27
1865 - 1952
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 28
1881 - 1952
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 29
1901 - 1952
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 30
1952 - 1952
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 31
1880 - 1952
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 32
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 33
1879 - 1952
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 34
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 35
1884 - 1952
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 36
1895 - 1952
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 37
1891 - 1952
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 38
Among people born in Germany, Alfred Einstein ranks 1,298 out of 6,142. Before him are Robert Koldewey (1855), Heinz Lammerding (1905), Walter Rauff (1906), Erwin Neher (1944), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), and Bernhard Rust (1883). After him are Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Bert Sakmann (1942), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), and Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840).
1855 - 1925
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 1,292
1905 - 1971
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 1,293
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,294
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,295
1900 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,296
1883 - 1945
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,297
1880 - 1952
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,298
1833 - 1897
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,299
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,300
1759 - 1824
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,301
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,302
1817 - 1852
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,303
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,304
Among composers born in Germany, Alfred Einstein ranks 47. Before him are Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Carl Reinecke (1824), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Georg Böhm (1661), and Samuel Scheidt (1587). After him are Karl Richter (1926), Carl Loewe (1796), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), and Johann Schein (1586).
1616 - 1667
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 41
1824 - 1910
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 42
1665 - 1697
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 43
1748 - 1798
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 44
1661 - 1733
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 45
1587 - 1654
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 46
1880 - 1952
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 47
1926 - 1981
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 48
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 49
1660 - 1722
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 50
1756 - 1792
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 51
1812 - 1883
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 52
1586 - 1630
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 53