1924 - 2017
Georges Prêtre (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ pʁɛːtʁ]; 14 August 1924 – 4 January 2017) was a French orchestral and opera conductor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Prêtre has received more than 126,782 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Prêtre is the 203rd most popular musician (up from 226th in 2019), the 1,169th most popular biography from France (up from 1,275th in 2019) and the 9th most popular French Musician.
Georges Prêtre is most famous for his conducting of the Requiem Mass in Saint-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris, on April 8, 1975.
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Among musicians, Georges Prêtre ranks 203 out of 2,662. Before him are Gidon Kremer, Jaco Pastorius, Violeta Parra, Rory Gallagher, Giovanni Battista Viotti, and Maria João Pires. After him are Joe Satriani, Nelson Freire, Pete Seeger, Jean-Marie Leclair, Dinu Lipatti, and Klaus Nomi.
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 197
1951 - 1987
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 198
1917 - 1967
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 199
1948 - 1995
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 200
1755 - 1824
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 201
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 202
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 203
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 204
1944 - 2021
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 205
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 206
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 207
1917 - 1950
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 208
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 209
Among people born in 1924, Georges Prêtre ranks 52. Before him are Guy Williams, Luigi Nono, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Madame Nhu, Lee Iacocca, and Vladimir Kryuchkov. After him are Giovanni Sartori, Bulat Okudzhava, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Eduardo Chillida, Roberto Eduardo Viola, and Rosamunde Pilcher. Among people deceased in 2017, Georges Prêtre ranks 57. Before him are Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Powers Boothe, Jonathan Demme, George Andrew Olah, Harry Dean Stanton, and Adam West. After him are Giovanni Sartori, Oliver Smithies, Derek Walcott, Pierre Bergé, Jacque Fresco, and Michael Nyqvist.
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 46
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 47
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 48
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 50
1924 - 2007
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 51
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 52
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 53
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 54
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 55
1924 - 2002
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 56
1924 - 1994
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 57
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 58
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 51
1948 - 2017
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 52
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 53
1927 - 2017
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 54
1926 - 2017
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 55
1928 - 2017
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 56
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 57
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 58
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 59
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 60
1930 - 2017
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 61
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 62
1960 - 2017
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 63
Among people born in France, Georges Prêtre ranks 1,169 out of 6,011. Before him are Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), Albert Roussel (1869), Flora Tristan (1803), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737). After him are Maurice Duverger (1917), Jacques Ibert (1890), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Jean Mabillon (1632), James II of Majorca (1243), and Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782).
823 - 864
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 1,163
1689 - 1751
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 1,164
1869 - 1937
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 1,165
1803 - 1844
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,166
1899 - 1938
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,167
1737 - 1813
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 1,168
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 1,169
1917 - 2014
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 1,170
1890 - 1962
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,171
1780 - 1857
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 1,172
1632 - 1707
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,173
1243 - 1311
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,174
1782 - 1854
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 1,175
Among musicians born in France, Georges Prêtre ranks 9. Before him are Thomas Bangalter (1), Paul Mauriat (1925), Nadia Boulanger (1887), David Guetta (1967), Arnaut Daniel (1150), and Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813). After him are Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Louis Vierne (1870), Émile Waldteufel (1837), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665).
1 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 3
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 4
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 5
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 6
1150 - 1210
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 7
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 8
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 9
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 10
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 11
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 12
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 13
1922 - 2000
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 14
1665 - 1729
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 15