1854 - 1921
Engelbert Humperdinck (German: [ˈɛŋl̩bɛʁt ˈhʊmpɐdɪŋk]; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Engelbert Humperdinck has received more than 384,978 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Engelbert Humperdinck is the 231st most popular composer (up from 289th in 2019), the 894th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,075th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Composer.
Engelbert Humperdinck is most famous for his 1968 single "Release Me" which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Among composers, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 231 out of 1,216. Before him are Lili Boulanger, Riccardo Broschi, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Pierre Schaeffer, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. After him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Otto Nicolai, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Niels Gade, Giacomo Carissimi, and Henryk Górecki.
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 225
1698 - 1756
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 226
1871 - 1942
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 227
1766 - 1803
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 228
1910 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 229
1897 - 1957
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 230
1854 - 1921
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 231
1885 - 1948
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 232
1810 - 1849
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 233
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 234
1817 - 1890
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 235
1605 - 1674
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 236
1933 - 2010
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 237
Among people born in 1854, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 15. Before him are Emil von Behring, Henri La Fontaine, Paul Sabatier, George Eastman, Milan I of Serbia, and Georges Picquart. After him are Johannes Rydberg, Paul Natorp, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Paul von Rennenkampf, Moritz Moszkowski, and Albert Edelfelt. Among people deceased in 1921, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 18. Before him are Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Antoni Grabowski, and Alexander Blok. After him are William II of Württemberg, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Julius Richard Petri, Ignác Goldziher, and Eugen Dühring.
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 9
1854 - 1943
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 10
1854 - 1941
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 11
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 12
1854 - 1901
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 13
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 14
1854 - 1921
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 15
1854 - 1919
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 16
1854 - 1924
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 17
1854 - 1920
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 18
1854 - 1918
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 19
1854 - 1925
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 20
1854 - 1905
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 21
1858 - 1921
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 12
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 13
1841 - 1921
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 14
1868 - 1921
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 15
1857 - 1921
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 16
1880 - 1921
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 17
1854 - 1921
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 18
1848 - 1921
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 19
1846 - 1921
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 20
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 21
1852 - 1921
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 22
1850 - 1921
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 23
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 24
Among people born in Germany, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 894 out of 6,142. Before him are Christoph Martin Wieland (1733), Bruno of Querfurt (970), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frei Otto (1925), and Gottlob Berger (1896). After him are Günther Rall (1918), Gershom Scholem (1897), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), and Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635).
1733 - 1813
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 888
970 - 1009
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 889
1876 - 1945
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 890
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 891
1925 - 2015
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 892
1896 - 1975
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 893
1854 - 1921
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 894
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 895
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 896
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 897
1671 - 1727
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 898
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 899
1635 - 1709
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 900
Among composers born in Germany, Engelbert Humperdinck ranks 34. Before him are Louis Spohr (1784), Max Reger (1873), Johann Joachim Quantz (1697), Michael Praetorius (1571), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), and Johann Adolph Hasse (1699). After him are Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (1724), Carl Stamitz (1745), Johann Christoph Bach (1642), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), Johann Mattheson (1681), and Hanns Eisler (1898).
1784 - 1859
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 28
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 29
1697 - 1773
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 30
1571 - 1621
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 31
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 32
1699 - 1783
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 33
1854 - 1921
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 34
1724 - 1780
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 35
1745 - 1801
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 36
1642 - 1703
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 37
1786 - 1832
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 38
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 39
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 40