1430 - 1492
Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys) (c. 1430 – 6 November 1492) was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance Burgundian School. While also noted as a composer of motets and other sacred music, he was one of the most renowned 15th-century composers of secular chansons. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Busnois has received more than 56,812 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Antoine Busnois is the 393rd most popular composer (up from 472nd in 2019), the 1,646th most popular biography from France (up from 1,854th in 2019) and the 64th most popular French Composer.
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Among composers, Antoine Busnois ranks 393 out of 1,228. Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot, Mieczysław Weinberg, André Jolivet, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Carmine Coppola, and Michel Richard Delalande. After him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Rodion Shchedrin, Zdeněk Fibich, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Ernest Ansermet, and Oscar Straus.
1802 - 1870
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 387
1919 - 1996
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 388
1905 - 1974
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 389
1675 - 1742
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 390
1910 - 1991
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 391
1657 - 1726
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 392
1430 - 1492
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 393
1626 - 1690
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 394
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 395
1850 - 1900
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 396
1813 - 1869
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 397
1883 - 1969
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 398
1870 - 1954
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 399
Among people born in 1430, Antoine Busnois ranks 10. Before him are James II of Scotland, Carlo Crivelli, Heinrich Kramer, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Cosimo Tura, and Dorothea of Brandenburg. After him are Justus van Gent, Francesco Laurana, Beatriz, Duchess of Viseu, Oliviero Carafa, Nicolas Froment, and Uhwudong. Among people deceased in 1492, Antoine Busnois ranks 8. Before him are Piero della Francesca, Pope Innocent VIII, Elizabeth Woodville, Jami, Casimir IV Jagiellon, and Gülbahar Hatun. After him are Jaume Huguet and Sonni Ali.
1430 - 1460
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 4
1430 - 1490
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 5
1430 - 1505
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 6
1430 - 1456
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 7
1430 - 1495
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 8
1430 - 1495
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 9
1430 - 1492
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 10
1430 - 1480
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 11
1430 - 1502
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 12
1430 - 1506
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 13
1430 - 1511
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 14
1430 - 1484
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 15
1430 - 1480
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 16
1415 - 1492
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 2
1432 - 1492
HPI: 79.98
Rank: 3
1437 - 1492
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 4
1414 - 1492
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 5
1427 - 1492
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 6
1429 - 1492
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 7
1430 - 1492
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 8
1412 - 1492
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 9
1464 - 1492
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 10
Among people born in France, Antoine Busnois ranks 1,646 out of 5,234. Before him are Maurice de Sully (1110), Michèle Mouton (1951), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Pierre Mendès France (1907), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), and Tomi Ungerer (1931). After him are Louis Couturat (1868), Henri Cartan (1904), Marcabru (1200), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), and Lazare Hoche (1768).
1110 - 1196
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,640
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,641
1657 - 1726
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,642
1907 - 1982
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,643
1846 - 1927
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,644
1931 - 2019
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,645
1430 - 1492
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,646
1868 - 1914
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,647
1904 - 2008
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1,648
1200 - 1150
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1,649
1160 - 1220
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,650
1923 - 2016
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,651
1768 - 1797
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 1,652
Among composers born in France, Antoine Busnois ranks 64. Before him are Cécile Chaminade (1857), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Georg Muffat (1653), Georges Delerue (1925), André Jolivet (1905), and Michel Richard Delalande (1657). After him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Charles Koechlin (1867), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Louis Couperin (1626), Maurice Duruflé (1902), and Florent Schmitt (1870).
1857 - 1944
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 58
1640 - 1700
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 59
1653 - 1704
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 60
1925 - 1992
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 61
1905 - 1974
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 62
1657 - 1726
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 63
1430 - 1492
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 64
1689 - 1755
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 65
1867 - 1950
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 66
1676 - 1749
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 67
1626 - 1661
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 68
1902 - 1986
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 69
1870 - 1958
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 70