COMPOSER
Béla Bartók
1881 - 1945
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Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók (; Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒrtoːk]; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla Bartók has received more than 2,526,490 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Béla Bartók is the 41st most popular composer (down from 40th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Romania and the most popular Romanian Composer.
Béla Bartók is most famous for his compositions of folk music from Eastern Europe.
Memorability Metrics
2.5M
Page Views (PV)
75.28
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
84
Languages Editions (L)
11.61
Effective Languages (L*)
3.70
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among COMPOSERS
Among composers, Béla Bartók ranks 41 out of 1,451. Before him are Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Jean Sibelius, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Sergei Prokofiev. After him are Modest Mussorgsky, Carl Maria von Weber, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Edward Elgar, Gaetano Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAnton Bruckner
1824 - 1896
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 35
Johann Strauss I
1804 - 1849
HPI: 75.82
Rank: 36
Johann Strauss II
1825 - 1899
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 37
Jean Sibelius
1865 - 1957
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 38
Jean-Baptiste Lully
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 39
Sergei Prokofiev
1891 - 1953
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 40
Béla Bartók
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 41
Modest Mussorgsky
1839 - 1881
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 42
Carl Maria von Weber
1786 - 1826
HPI: 74.94
Rank: 43
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844 - 1908
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 44
Edward Elgar
1857 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 45
Gaetano Donizetti
1797 - 1848
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 46
Vincenzo Bellini
1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 47
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1881, Béla Bartók ranks 6. Before him are Pablo Picasso, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Alexander Fleming, Stefan Zweig, and Pope John XXIII. After him are Asta Nielsen, Lu Xun, Anna Pavlova, Alexander Kerensky, Hans Kelsen, and Enver Pasha. Among people deceased in 1945, Béla Bartók ranks 9. Before him are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, Eva Braun, and Martin Bormann. After him are Fedor von Bock, Anton Webern, Ernst Cassirer, Walter Model, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Others Born in 1881
Go to all RankingsPablo Picasso
PAINTER
1881 - 1973
HPI: 89.05
Rank: 1
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 88.57
Rank: 2
Alexander Fleming
BIOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 3
Stefan Zweig
WRITER
1881 - 1942
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 4
Pope John XXIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1881 - 1963
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 5
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 6
Asta Nielsen
ACTOR
1881 - 1972
HPI: 74.76
Rank: 7
Lu Xun
WRITER
1881 - 1936
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 8
Anna Pavlova
DANCER
1881 - 1931
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 9
Alexander Kerensky
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1970
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 10
Hans Kelsen
PHILOSOPHER
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 11
Enver Pasha
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1922
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1945
Go to all RankingsFranklin D. Roosevelt
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1945
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 3
Anne Frank
WRITER
1929 - 1945
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 4
Heinrich Himmler
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 5
Joseph Goebbels
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1945
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 6
Eva Braun
COMPANION
1912 - 1945
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 7
Martin Bormann
POLITICIAN
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 8
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 9
Fedor von Bock
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 10
Anton Webern
COMPOSER
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 11
Ernst Cassirer
PHILOSOPHER
1874 - 1945
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 12
Walter Model
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1945
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 13
Subhas Chandra Bose
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 14
Thomas Hunt Morgan
BIOLOGIST
1866 - 1945
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 15
In Romania
Among people born in Romania, Béla Bartók ranks 3 out of 844. Before him are Vlad the Impaler (1431), and Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918). After him are Michael I of Romania (1921), Eugène Ionesco (1909), Alaric I (376), Stephen Báthory (1533), John Hunyadi (1407), Emil Cioran (1911), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Tristan Tzara (1896), and Béla IV of Hungary (1206).
Others born in Romania
Go to all RankingsVlad the Impaler
INSPIRATION
1431 - 1476
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 1
Nicolae Ceaușescu
POLITICIAN
1918 - 1989
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 2
Béla Bartók
COMPOSER
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 3
Michael I of Romania
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2017
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 4
Eugène Ionesco
WRITER
1909 - 1994
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 5
Alaric I
POLITICIAN
376 - 410
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 6
Stephen Báthory
POLITICIAN
1533 - 1586
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 7
John Hunyadi
POLITICIAN
1407 - 1456
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 8
Emil Cioran
PHILOSOPHER
1911 - 1995
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 9
Elena Ceaușescu
POLITICIAN
1916 - 1989
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 10
Tristan Tzara
WRITER
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 11
Béla IV of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1206 - 1270
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 12
Among COMPOSERS In Romania
Among composers born in Romania, Béla Bartók ranks 1. After him are György Ligeti (1923), George Enescu (1881), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), Bálint Bakfark (1507), Péter Eötvös (1944), Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).
Béla Bartók
1881 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 1
György Ligeti
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 2
George Enescu
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 3
Iannis Xenakis
1922 - 2001
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 4
Ion Ivanovici
1845 - 1902
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 5
György Kurtág
1926 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 6
Vladimir Cosma
1940 - Present
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 7
Bálint Bakfark
1507 - 1576
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 8
Péter Eötvös
1944 - 2024
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
Sándor Veress
1907 - 1992
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 10
Sándor Végh
1912 - 1997
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 11