1784 - 1849
Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner (7 November 1784 – 10 June 1849), also known as Frédéric Kalkbrenner, was a pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer. German by birth, Kalkbrenner studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, starting at a young age and eventually settled in Paris, where he lived until his death in 1849. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Kalkbrenner has received more than 151,576 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Friedrich Kalkbrenner is the 270th most popular musician (up from 302nd in 2019), the 1,300th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,377th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Musician.
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Among musicians, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 270 out of 2,662. Before him are Sia, Leonid Kogan, Leopold Auer, Eddie Cochran, Oscar Peterson, and Cozy Powell. After him are Art Tatum, Luigi Tenco, Chris de Burgh, Enrico Macias, Émile Waldteufel, and Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller.
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 264
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 265
1845 - 1930
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 266
1938 - 1960
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 267
1925 - 2007
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 268
1947 - 1998
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 269
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 270
1909 - 1956
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 271
1938 - 1967
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 272
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 273
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 274
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 275
1806 - 1874
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 276
Among people born in 1784, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 15. Before him are Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Leo von Klenze, François Rude, and Rafael del Riego. After him are Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Peter von Cornelius, Ferdinand Ries, Moses Montefiore, and Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1849, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 23. Before him are Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, William Miller, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Lajos Batthyány, and Anita Garibaldi. After him are Juliusz Słowacki, Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily, Delphine LaLaurie, Dionisio Aguado y García, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, and Quatremère de Quincy.
1784 - 1817
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 9
1784 - 1859
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 10
1784 - 1803
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 11
1784 - 1864
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 12
1784 - 1855
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 13
1784 - 1823
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 14
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 15
1784 - 1806
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 16
1784 - 1863
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 17
1784 - 1867
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 18
1784 - 1838
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 19
1784 - 1885
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 20
1784 - 1840
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 21
1792 - 1849
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 17
1774 - 1849
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 18
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 19
1798 - 1849
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 20
1807 - 1849
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 21
1821 - 1849
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 22
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 23
1809 - 1849
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 24
1779 - 1849
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 25
1787 - 1849
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 26
1784 - 1849
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 27
1842 - 1849
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 28
1755 - 1849
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 1,300 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter Rauff (1906), Erwin Neher (1944), Franz Walter Stahlecker (1900), Bernhard Rust (1883), Alfred Einstein (1880), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833). After him are Friedrich August Wolf (1759), Bert Sakmann (1942), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Princess Margaretha of Saxony (1840), Reinhard Genzel (1952), and Mesut Özil (1988).
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,294
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 1,295
1900 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,296
1883 - 1945
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,297
1880 - 1952
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,298
1833 - 1897
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,299
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,300
1759 - 1824
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,301
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,302
1817 - 1852
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,303
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,304
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,305
1988 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,306
Among musicians born in Germany, Friedrich Kalkbrenner ranks 11. Before him are James Last (1929), Hans von Bülow (1830), Frank Farian (1941), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), and Klaus Nomi (1944). After him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Michael Schenker (1955), André Previn (1929), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), Florian Schneider (1947), and Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715).
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 5
1830 - 1894
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 6
1941 - 2024
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 8
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 9
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 10
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 11
1806 - 1874
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 12
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 13
1929 - 2019
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 14
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 15
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 16
1715 - 1739
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 17