1775 - 1834
François-Adrien Boieldieu (pronounced [fʁɑ̃.swa a.dʁi.(j)ɛ̃ bɔ.jɛl.djø], also [bwa(.ɛ)l.djø]) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". His date of birth was given as December 15 by his biographer Lucien Augé de Lassus (b. 1841) and as September 15 by some local press releases. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Adrien Boieldieu has received more than 102,664 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). François-Adrien Boieldieu is the 326th most popular composer (down from 311th in 2019), the 1,428th most popular biography from France (down from 1,357th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Composer.
François-Adrien Boieldieu is most famous for composing the opera La Dame Blanche, which was first performed in 1825.
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Among composers, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 326 out of 1,216. Before him are Franco Alfano, Jacobus Gallus, Franz Benda, Louis-Claude Daquin, Sergei Taneyev, and Vincent d'Indy. After him are Antonio Lotti, Pierre De Geyter, Johann Joseph Fux, Luca Marenzio, Henri Dutilleux, and Giovanni Bononcini.
1875 - 1954
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 320
1550 - 1591
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 321
1709 - 1786
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 322
1694 - 1772
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 323
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 324
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 325
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 326
1667 - 1740
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 327
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 328
1660 - 1741
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 329
1553 - 1599
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 330
1916 - 2013
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 331
1670 - 1747
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 332
Among people born in 1775, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 15. Before him are Ching Shih, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Étienne-Louis Malus, and Adam Albert von Neipperg. After him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Matthew Lewis, Farkas Bolyai, Bernhard Crusell, Manuel García, and Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona. Among people deceased in 1834, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 13. Before him are Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Alois Senefelder, William Carey, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Husein Gradaščević. After him are Jacques Balmat, Infanta Maria Francisca of Braganza, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, James Weddell, Giovanni Aldini, and Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium.
1775 - 1844
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 9
1775 - 1830
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 10
1775 - 1833
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 11
1775 - 1853
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 12
1775 - 1812
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 13
1775 - 1829
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 14
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 15
1775 - 1809
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 16
1775 - 1818
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 17
1775 - 1856
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 18
1775 - 1838
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 19
1775 - 1832
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 20
1775 - 1832
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 21
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 7
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 8
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 9
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 10
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 11
1802 - 1834
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 12
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 13
1762 - 1834
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 14
1800 - 1834
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 15
1763 - 1834
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 16
1787 - 1834
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 17
1762 - 1834
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 18
1833 - 1834
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 19
Among people born in France, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 1,428 out of 6,011. Before him are Édouard Herriot (1872), Walter Krüger (1890), Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), and Vincent d'Indy (1851). After him are Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1711), Marie de Rohan (1600), Valentin Haüy (1745), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), Victorinus (300), and Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753).
1872 - 1957
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,422
1890 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,423
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,424
1284 - 1312
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,425
1694 - 1772
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,426
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,427
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,428
1711 - 1741
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 1,429
1600 - 1679
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 1,430
1745 - 1822
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 1,431
1717 - 1744
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 1,432
300 - 271
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 1,433
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 1,434
Among composers born in France, François-Adrien Boieldieu ranks 52. Before him are Georges Auric (1899), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), André Campra (1660), Cécile Chaminade (1857), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), and Vincent d'Indy (1851). After him are Henri Dutilleux (1916), Marcel Dupré (1886), Louis Marchand (1669), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Georg Muffat (1653), and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689).
1899 - 1983
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 46
1766 - 1831
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 47
1660 - 1744
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 48
1857 - 1944
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 49
1694 - 1772
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 50
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 51
1775 - 1834
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 52
1916 - 2013
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 53
1886 - 1971
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 54
1669 - 1732
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 55
1657 - 1726
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 56
1653 - 1704
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 57
1689 - 1755
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 58