1906 - 1967
Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967) was a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years (for Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Waxman has received more than 333,502 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Franz Waxman is the 588th most popular composer (up from 635th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Poland (up from 503rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Composer.
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Among composers, Franz Waxman ranks 588 out of 1,216. Before him are Alexandre Desplat, Orlando Gibbons, Diego Ortiz, Luis de Milán, Carl Zeller, and Johann Strauss III. After him are Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Jean-François Le Sueur, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, George Onslow, Stevan Mokranjac, and Xavier Cugat.
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 582
1583 - 1625
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 583
1510 - 1570
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 584
1500 - 1561
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 585
1842 - 1898
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 586
1866 - 1939
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 587
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 588
1535 - 1592
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 589
1760 - 1837
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 590
1673 - 1763
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 591
1784 - 1853
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 592
1856 - 1914
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 593
1900 - 1990
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 594
Among people born in 1906, Franz Waxman ranks 126. Before him are Mary Astor, Princess Anne of Orléans, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Anton Karas, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, and Vitaly Abalakov. After him are Tuvia Bielski, Jacques Pills, Yasuo Haruyama, Lilian Harvey, Enrico Mattei, and T. H. White. Among people deceased in 1967, Franz Waxman ranks 97. Before him are Ivan Isakov, Alphonse Juin, Luis Somoza Debayle, Henry Morgenthau Jr., João Guimarães Rosa, and Mir Osman Ali Khan. After him are Pierre Jeanneret, Juliusz Rómmel, Oskar Fischinger, George Lincoln Rockwell, Joseph Cardijn, and Gregory Goodwin Pincus.
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 120
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 121
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 122
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 123
1906 - 1954
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 124
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 125
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 126
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 127
1906 - 1970
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 128
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 129
1906 - 1968
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 130
1906 - 1962
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 131
1906 - 1964
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 132
1894 - 1967
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 91
1888 - 1967
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 92
1922 - 1967
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 93
1891 - 1967
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 94
1908 - 1967
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 95
1886 - 1967
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 96
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 97
1896 - 1967
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 98
1881 - 1967
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 99
1900 - 1967
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 100
1918 - 1967
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 101
1882 - 1967
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 102
1903 - 1967
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 103
Among people born in Poland, Franz Waxman ranks 481 out of 1,454. Before him are Gustav Flatow (1875), Richard Courant (1888), Friedrich Ernst Dorn (1848), Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266), Gerda Steinhoff (1922), and Hugo Haase (1863). After him are Sholem Asch (1880), Karl Gützlaff (1803), Krakus (null), Wanda Wasilewska (1905), Marek Grechuta (1945), and Jan Gotlib Bloch (1836).
1875 - 1945
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 475
1888 - 1972
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 476
1848 - 1916
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 477
1266 - 1339
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 478
1922 - 1946
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 479
1863 - 1919
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 480
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 481
1880 - 1957
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 482
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 483
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 484
1905 - 1964
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 485
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 486
1836 - 1902
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 487
Among composers born in Poland, Franz Waxman ranks 17. Before him are Józef Elsner (1769), Maria Szymanowska (1789), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), Alexandre Tansman (1897), Zbigniew Preisner (1955), and Johann Adam Hiller (1728). After him are Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Josef Tal (1910), Karol Lipiński (1790), and Johann Schobert (1720).
1769 - 1854
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 11
1789 - 1831
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 12
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 13
1897 - 1986
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 15
1728 - 1804
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 16
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 17
1727 - 1756
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 18
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 19
1931 - 1969
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 20
1910 - 2008
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 21
1790 - 1861
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 22
1720 - 1767
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 23