1892 - 1955
Arthur Honegger (French: [aʁtyʁ ɔnɛɡɛːʁ]; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably Antigone, composed between 1924 and 1927 to the French libretto by Jean Cocteau based on the tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. It premiered on 28 December 1927 at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie with sets designed by Pablo Picasso and costumes by Coco Chanel. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Honegger has received more than 308,937 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Arthur Honegger is the 117th most popular composer (down from 106th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from France (down from 436th in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Composer.
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer who is most famous for his orchestral work Pacific 231.
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Among composers, Arthur Honegger ranks 117 out of 1,228. Before him are Johannes Ockeghem, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Joaquín Rodrigo, Giulio Caccini, Muzio Clementi, and Giovanni Gabrieli. After him are Domenico Cimarosa, György Ligeti, César Cui, Emmerich Kálmán, Francisco Tárrega, and Pérotin.
1410 - 1497
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 111
1791 - 1844
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 112
1901 - 1999
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 113
1551 - 1618
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 114
1752 - 1832
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 115
1557 - 1612
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 116
1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 117
1749 - 1801
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 118
1923 - 2006
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 119
1835 - 1918
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 120
1882 - 1953
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 121
1852 - 1909
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 122
1160 - 1230
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 123
Among people born in 1892, Arthur Honegger ranks 22. Before him are Martin Niemöller, Engelbert Dollfuss, J. Paul Getty, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Ferdinand Schörner, and Arthur Compton. After him are Gregor Strasser, Ernst Lubitsch, Marina Tsvetaeva, George Paget Thomson, Robert Ritter von Greim, and Edward Victor Appleton. Among people deceased in 1955, Arthur Honegger ranks 11. Before him are Dale Carnegie, Fernand Léger, José Ortega y Gasset, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Charlie Parker, and Sadako Sasaki. After him are Helmuth Weidling, António Egas Moniz, Alberto Ascari, Maurice Utrillo, Paul Claudel, and George Enescu.
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 16
1892 - 1934
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 17
1892 - 1976
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 18
1892 - 1927
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 19
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 20
1892 - 1962
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 21
1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 22
1892 - 1934
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 23
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 24
1892 - 1941
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 25
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 26
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 27
1892 - 1965
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 28
1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 5
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 6
1883 - 1955
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 7
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 8
1920 - 1955
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 9
1943 - 1955
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 10
1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 11
1891 - 1955
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 12
1874 - 1955
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 13
1918 - 1955
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 14
1883 - 1955
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 15
1868 - 1955
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 16
1881 - 1955
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 17
Among people born in France, Arthur Honegger ranks 472 out of 5,234. Before him are Paul Bocuse (1926), Carus (230), Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Philippe Pinel (1745), Peter the Hermit (1050), and Louis Renault (1843). After him are Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), Jacques Hébert (1757), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Francis Picabia (1879), Lucien Bonaparte (1775), and Étienne de La Boétie (1530).
1926 - 2018
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 466
230 - 283
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 467
1837 - 1894
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 468
1745 - 1826
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 469
1050 - 1115
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 470
1843 - 1918
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 471
1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 472
1781 - 1840
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 473
1757 - 1794
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 474
1783 - 1837
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 475
1879 - 1953
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 476
1775 - 1840
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 477
1530 - 1563
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 478
Among composers born in France, Arthur Honegger ranks 19. Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Adolphe Adam (1803), François Couperin (1668), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Léo Delibes (1836), and Francis Poulenc (1899). After him are Pérotin (1160), Pierre Boulez (1925), Daniel Auber (1782), Maurice Jarre (1924), Paul Dukas (1865), and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760).
1645 - 1704
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 13
1803 - 1856
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 14
1668 - 1733
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 15
1908 - 1992
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 16
1836 - 1891
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 17
1899 - 1963
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 18
1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 19
1160 - 1230
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 20
1925 - 2016
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 21
1782 - 1871
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 22
1924 - 2009
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 23
1865 - 1935
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 24
1760 - 1836
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 25