1899 - 1963
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (French: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʁsɛl pulɛ̃k]; 7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Poulenc has received more than 1,195,824 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Francis Poulenc is the 106th most popular composer (up from 110th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from France (down from 424th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Composer.
Francis Poulenc is most famous for his compositions, which are often lighthearted and humorous.
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Among composers, Francis Poulenc ranks 106 out of 1,216. Before him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Guillaume Du Fay, Joaquín Rodrigo, Benjamin Britten, Muzio Clementi, and Mikhail Glinka. After him are Francisco Tárrega, Mily Balakirev, Heinrich Schütz, Adolphe Adam, Alma Mahler, and Giulio Caccini.
1710 - 1784
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 100
1397 - 1474
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 101
1901 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 102
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 103
1752 - 1832
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 104
1804 - 1857
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 105
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 106
1852 - 1909
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 107
1837 - 1910
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 108
1585 - 1672
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 109
1803 - 1856
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 110
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 111
1551 - 1618
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1899, Francis Poulenc ranks 14. Before him are Humphrey Bogart, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Frederick IX of Denmark, László Bíró, and Fred Astaire. After him are Adnan Menderes, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, Duke Ellington, Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, and Béla Guttmann. Among people deceased in 1963, Francis Poulenc ranks 16. Before him are Tristan Tzara, Ngo Dinh Diem, C. S. Lewis, Abd el-Krim, Paul Hindemith, and Nâzım Hikmet. After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Sylvia Plath, Theodor Heuss, Thích Quảng Đức, Yasujirō Ozu, and Herbert Spencer Gasser.
1899 - 1957
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 8
1899 - 1953
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 10
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 11
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 12
1899 - 1987
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 13
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 14
1899 - 1961
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 15
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 16
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 17
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 18
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 19
1899 - 1981
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 20
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 10
1901 - 1963
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 11
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 12
1882 - 1963
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 13
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 14
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 15
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 16
1883 - 1963
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 17
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 18
1884 - 1963
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 19
1897 - 1963
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 20
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 21
1888 - 1963
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 22
Among people born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 433 out of 6,011. Before him are Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), Patrice de MacMahon (1808), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Éric Rohmer (1920), Théophile Gautier (1811), and Auguste Escoffier (1847). After him are Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Brigitte Macron (1953), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881), Marquis de Condorcet (1743), Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), and Jacques Tati (1907).
1856 - 1879
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 427
1808 - 1893
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 428
1816 - 1882
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 429
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 430
1811 - 1872
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 431
1847 - 1935
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 432
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 433
1621 - 1686
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 434
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 435
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 436
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 437
1781 - 1789
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 438
1907 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 439
Among composers born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 17. Before him are Jules Massenet (1842), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Olivier Messiaen (1908), François Couperin (1668), Léo Delibes (1836), and Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645). After him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Arthur Honegger (1892), Pérotin (1160), Paul Dukas (1865), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Pierre Boulez (1925).
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 11
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 12
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 13
1668 - 1733
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 14
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 15
1645 - 1704
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 16
1899 - 1963
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 17
1803 - 1856
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 18
1892 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1160 - 1230
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 20
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 21
1924 - 2009
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 22
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 23