1867 - 1950
Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (French: [ʃaʁl lwi øʒɛn keklɛ̃]; 27 November 1867 – 31 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. Among his better known works is Les Heures persanes, a set of piano pieces based on the novel Vers Ispahan by Pierre Loti and The Seven Stars Symphony, a 7 movement symphony where each movement is themed around a different film star (all Silent era stars) who were popular at the time of the piece's writing (1933). He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things as medieval music, The Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling, Johann Sebastian Bach, film stars (especially Lilian Harvey and Ginger Rogers), traveling, stereoscopic photography and socialism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Koechlin has received more than 156,946 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Charles Koechlin is the 406th most popular composer (up from 425th in 2019), the 1,737th most popular biography from France (up from 1,758th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Composer.
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Among composers, Charles Koechlin ranks 406 out of 1,216. Before him are John Koukouzelis, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Józef Elsner, Terry Riley, Jacob Clemens non Papa, and Wolfgang Wagner. After him are André Jolivet, Johann van Beethoven, Maria Szymanowska, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Joaquín Turina, and Giovanni Pacini.
1280 - 1360
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 400
1675 - 1742
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 401
1769 - 1854
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 402
1935 - Present
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 403
1510 - 1555
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 404
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 405
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 406
1905 - 1974
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 407
1740 - 1792
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 408
1789 - 1831
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 409
1813 - 1869
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 410
1882 - 1949
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 411
1796 - 1867
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 412
Among people born in 1867, Charles Koechlin ranks 46. Before him are Edgar de Wahl, Winsor McCay, Hans Driesch, Leo Jogiches, Antti Aarne, and Josep Puig i Cadafalch. After him are Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Jeanne Lanvin, Masaoka Shiki, Henry L. Stimson, Mikhail Eisenstein, and Marcel Schwob. Among people deceased in 1950, Charles Koechlin ranks 50. Before him are Emil Abderhalden, Eliel Saarinen, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Salvatore Giuliano, Alfred Korzybski, and Ryuzo Shimizu. After him are Vasil Kolarov, Fevzi Çakmak, Agnes Smedley, Karl Guthe Jansky, Rafael Sabatini, and Adam Rainer.
1867 - 1948
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 40
1867 - 1934
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 41
1867 - 1941
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 42
1867 - 1919
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 43
1867 - 1925
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 44
1867 - 1956
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 45
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 46
1867 - 1952
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 47
1867 - 1946
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 48
1867 - 1902
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 49
1867 - 1950
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 50
1867 - 1920
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 51
1867 - 1905
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 52
1877 - 1950
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 44
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 45
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 46
1922 - 1950
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 47
1879 - 1950
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 48
1902 - 1950
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 49
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 50
1877 - 1950
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 51
1876 - 1950
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 52
1892 - 1950
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 53
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 54
1875 - 1950
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 55
1899 - 1950
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 56
Among people born in France, Charles Koechlin ranks 1,737 out of 6,011. Before him are Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), and Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773). After him are Paul Painlevé (1863), Pierre Mendès France (1907), Jan Asselijn (1610), Vincent of Lérins (400), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), and Georges Canguilhem (1904).
1758 - 1819
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,731
1628 - 1695
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,732
1260 - 1327
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,733
1665 - 1729
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,734
1800 - 1864
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,735
1773 - 1844
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,736
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,737
1863 - 1933
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,738
1907 - 1982
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,739
1610 - 1652
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,740
400 - 450
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,741
1802 - 1857
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,742
1904 - 1995
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,743
Among composers born in France, Charles Koechlin ranks 62. Before him are Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Georg Muffat (1653), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Yo-Yo Ma (1955), and Georges Delerue (1925). After him are André Jolivet (1905), Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Étienne Méhul (1763), Louis Durey (1888), and Maurice Duruflé (1902).
1657 - 1726
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 56
1653 - 1704
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 57
1689 - 1755
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 58
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 59
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 60
1925 - 1992
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 61
1867 - 1950
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 62
1905 - 1974
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 63
1676 - 1749
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 64
1640 - 1700
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 65
1763 - 1817
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 66
1888 - 1979
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 67
1902 - 1986
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 68