1865 - 1931
Carl August Nielsen (Danish: [ˈkʰɑˀl ˈne̝lsn̩]; 9 June 1865 – 3 October 1931) was a Danish composer, conductor and violinist, widely recognized as his country's most prominent composer. Brought up by poor yet musically talented parents on the island of Funen, he demonstrated his musical abilities at an early age. He initially played in a military band before attending the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen from 1884 until December 1886. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Nielsen has received more than 549,225 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Carl Nielsen is the 128th most popular composer (up from 129th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Composer.
Carl Nielsen was a Danish composer who is most famous for his symphonies and concertos.
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Among composers, Carl Nielsen ranks 128 out of 1,216. Before him are György Ligeti, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Domenico Cimarosa, Pérotin, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. After him are Johannes Ockeghem, Paul Dukas, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Maurice Jarre, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and Iannis Xenakis.
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 122
1778 - 1837
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 123
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 124
1160 - 1230
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 125
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 126
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 127
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 128
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 129
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 130
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 131
1924 - 2009
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 132
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 133
1922 - 2001
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 134
Among people born in 1865, Carl Nielsen ranks 11. Before him are Erich Ludendorff, Ferdinand I of Romania, Warren G. Harding, Archduke Otto of Austria, W. B. Yeats, and Alexander Glazunov. After him are Paul Dukas, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Sven Hedin, Suzanne Valadon, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, and Philipp Scheidemann. Among people deceased in 1931, Carl Nielsen ranks 16. Before him are Albert A. Michelson, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, George Herbert Mead, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Theo van Doesburg, and Joseph Joffre. After him are F. W. Murnau, Bhagat Singh, Hermann Müller, Peter Kürten, Eugène Ysaÿe, and Carin Göring.
1865 - 1937
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 5
1865 - 1927
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 6
1865 - 1923
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 7
1865 - 1906
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 8
1865 - 1939
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 9
1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 10
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 11
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 12
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 13
1865 - 1952
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 14
1865 - 1938
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 15
1865 - 1929
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 16
1865 - 1939
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 17
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 10
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 11
1863 - 1931
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 12
1853 - 1931
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 13
1883 - 1931
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 14
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 15
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 16
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 17
1907 - 1931
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 18
1876 - 1931
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 19
1883 - 1931
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 20
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
Among people born in Denmark, Carl Nielsen ranks 58 out of 893. Before him are Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Christian VI of Denmark (1699), Jørn Utzon (1918), Nicolas Steno (1638), Anna Karina (1940), and Gerda Wegener (1886). After him are Aage Bohr (1922), Abel, King of Denmark (1218), Mads Mikkelsen (1965), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Arne Jacobsen (1902), and Canute IV of Denmark (1043).
850 - 891
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 52
1699 - 1746
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 53
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 54
1638 - 1686
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 55
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 56
1886 - 1940
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 57
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 58
1922 - 2009
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 59
1218 - 1252
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 60
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 61
1889 - 1968
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 62
1902 - 1971
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 63
1043 - 1086
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 64
Among composers born in Denmark, Carl Nielsen ranks 1. After him are Niels Gade (1817), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Rued Langgaard (1893), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Per Nørgård (1932), Emil Hartmann (1836), Vagn Holmboe (1909), Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Jesper Kyd (1972), and Poul Ruders (1949).
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 1
1817 - 1890
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 2
1810 - 1874
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 3
1893 - 1952
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 4
1805 - 1900
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 5
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 6
1836 - 1898
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 7
1909 - 1996
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 8
1830 - 1879
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 11
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 12