1741 - 1813
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (French: [gʁɛtʁi]; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a composer from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (present-day Belgium), who worked from 1767 onwards in France and took French nationality. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Grétry has received more than 117,577 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). André Grétry is the 266th most popular composer (down from 200th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 107th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Composer.
André Grétry is most famous for his operas. He was born in 1741 in Liège, Belgium and died in 1813 in Paris, France.
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Among composers, André Grétry ranks 266 out of 1,216. Before him are Gioseffo Zarlino, Leonardo Vinci, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Dmitry Bortniansky, Max Steiner, and Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Gaspare Spontini, Johan Halvorsen, Cole Porter, Johann Mattheson, Hanns Eisler, and Jaufre Rudel.
1517 - 1590
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 260
1690 - 1730
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 261
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 262
1751 - 1825
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 263
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 264
1709 - 1758
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 265
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 266
1774 - 1851
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 267
1864 - 1935
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 268
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 269
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 270
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 271
1125 - 1148
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 272
Among people born in 1741, André Grétry ranks 12. Before him are Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Emperor Momozono, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Jean-Antoine Houdon, and Nicolas Chamfort. After him are Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Augustin Barruel, and Arthur Young. Among people deceased in 1813, André Grétry ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Christoph Martin Wieland, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier. After him are Tecumseh, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Giambattista Bodoni, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, and Géraud Duroc.
1741 - 1803
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 6
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 7
1741 - 1762
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 8
1741 - 1801
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 9
1741 - 1828
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 10
1741 - 1794
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 11
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 13
1741 - 1801
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 14
1741 - 1816
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 15
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 16
1741 - 1820
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 17
1741 - 1820
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 18
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 6
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 7
1746 - 1813
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 8
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 9
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 10
1737 - 1813
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 11
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1768 - 1813
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 13
1739 - 1813
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 14
1740 - 1813
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 15
1730 - 1813
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 16
1737 - 1813
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 17
1772 - 1813
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 18
Among people born in Belgium, André Grétry ranks 133 out of 1,019. Before him are Luce Irigaray (1930), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903), David Teniers the Younger (1610), and Joseph Plateau (1801). After him are Petrus Plancius (1552), Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502), Jean-Marie Pfaff (1953), Marc Dutroux (1956), Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (1254), and Lara Fabian (1970).
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 127
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 128
1870 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 129
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 130
1610 - 1690
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 131
1801 - 1883
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 132
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 133
1552 - 1622
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 134
1502 - 1550
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 135
1953 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 136
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 137
1254 - 1322
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 138
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 139
Among composers born in Belgium, André Grétry ranks 10. Before him are Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Gilles Binchois (1400), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Henri Vieuxtemps (1820), and Jacob Obrecht (1457). After him are Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Cipriano de Rore (1515), Johannes Tinctoris (1435), and Pierre de la Rue (1460).
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 4
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 5
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 6
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 7
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 8
1457 - 1505
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 9
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 10
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 13
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 14
1435 - 1511
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 15
1460 - 1518
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 16