1899 - 1985
Eugene Ormandy (born Jenő Blau; November 18, 1899 – March 12, 1985) was a Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with any American orchestra. Ormandy made numerous recordings with the orchestra, and as guest conductor with European orchestras, and achieved three gold records and two Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugene Ormandy has received more than 339,430 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Eugene Ormandy is the 465th most popular musician (up from 506th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 217th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Musician.
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Among musicians, Eugene Ormandy ranks 465 out of 2,662. Before him are Yann Tiersen, Philly Joe Jones, Roger Hodgson, David Foster, Maxim Shostakovich, and Rudolf Serkin. After him are Captain Beefheart, Robert Miles, Guido Cantelli, Chucho Valdés, Jason Newsted, and Bert Kaempfert.
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 459
1923 - 1985
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 460
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 461
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 462
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 463
1903 - 1991
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 464
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 465
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 466
1969 - 2017
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 467
1920 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 468
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 469
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 470
1923 - 1980
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 471
Among people born in 1899, Eugene Ormandy ranks 88. Before him are Hans Krása, Veit Harlan, Hans Swarowsky, Wolf Messing, Lotte Reiniger, and Nicolas Frantz. After him are Wilhelm Röpke, John Barbirolli, Marcel Dalio, Gustaf Gründgens, Benjamin Péret, and Princess Antonia of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1985, Eugene Ormandy ranks 66. Before him are Axel Springer, Abe Lenstra, David Purley, Helmuth Plessner, Nicolas Frantz, and Philly Joe Jones. After him are Fred Uhlman, Matti Järvinen, Denis de Rougemont, Edmond O'Brien, Vasyl Stus, and Wolfgang Reitherman.
1899 - 1944
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 82
1899 - 1964
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 83
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 84
1899 - 1974
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 85
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 86
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 87
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 88
1899 - 1966
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 89
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 90
1899 - 1983
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 91
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 92
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 93
1899 - 1954
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 94
1912 - 1985
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 60
1920 - 1985
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 61
1945 - 1985
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 62
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 63
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 64
1923 - 1985
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 65
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 66
1901 - 1985
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 67
1909 - 1985
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 68
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 69
1915 - 1985
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 70
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 71
1909 - 1985
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 72
Among people born in Hungary, Eugene Ormandy ranks 211 out of 866. Before him are Hans Swarowsky (1899), Ilona Elek (1907), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Mihály Munkácsy (1844), Nicholas Kaldor (1908), and Ferenc Fricsay (1914). After him are Josef Dobrovský (1753), Arpad Elo (1903), Alfréd Hajós (1878), Rudolf E. Kálmán (1930), Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), and Antal Doráti (1906).
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 205
1907 - 1988
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 206
1810 - 1893
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 207
1844 - 1900
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 208
1908 - 1986
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 209
1914 - 1963
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 210
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 211
1753 - 1829
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 212
1903 - 1992
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 213
1878 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 214
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 215
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 216
1906 - 1988
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 217
Among musicians born in Hungary, Eugene Ormandy ranks 7. Before him are György Cziffra (1921), Arthur Nikisch (1855), Leopold Auer (1845), Géza Anda (1921), Rezső Seress (1889), and András Schiff (1953). After him are Annie Fischer (1914), Tommy Ramone (1949), Carl Flesch (1873), Jenő Hubay (1858), Gábor Szabó (1936), and Stephen Heller (1813).
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 1
1855 - 1922
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 2
1845 - 1930
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 3
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 4
1889 - 1968
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 6
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 7
1914 - 1995
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 8
1949 - 2014
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 9
1873 - 1944
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 10
1858 - 1937
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 11
1936 - 1982
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 12
1813 - 1888
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 13