1870 - 1894
Jean Joseph Nicolas Guillaume Lekeu (French pronunciation: [ɡijom ləkø]; 20 January 1870 – 21 January 1894) was a Belgian composer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillaume Lekeu has received more than 77,716 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Guillaume Lekeu is the 569th most popular composer (up from 610th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 283rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Composer.
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Among composers, Guillaume Lekeu ranks 569 out of 1,216. Before him are Antonio Maria Abbatini, Pancho Vladigerov, François Devienne, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Georg Joseph Vogler, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After him are Alexander Gretchaninov, Leopold Koželuch, Johann Adam Hiller, Maddalena Casulana, Tielman Susato, and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer.
1595 - 1677
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 563
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 564
1759 - 1803
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 565
1749 - 1818
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 566
1749 - 1814
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 567
1918 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 568
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 569
1864 - 1956
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 570
1747 - 1818
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 571
1728 - 1804
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 572
1544 - 1590
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 573
1500 - 1570
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 574
1620 - 1680
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 575
Among people born in 1870, Guillaume Lekeu ranks 64. Before him are Herbert Kilpin, François Georges-Picot, Reginald Lee, Georges Claude, Kitaro Nishida, and Masabumi Hosono. After him are Géza Maróczy, Leonid Krasin, Saki, Helmer Hanssen, Emil Orlík, and Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov. Among people deceased in 1894, Guillaume Lekeu ranks 30. Before him are Nadezhda von Meck, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, and Gall. After him are Christina Rossetti, Alexander von Middendorff, Władysław Czartoryski, Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., and Heinrich Hoffmann.
1870 - 1916
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 58
1870 - 1951
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 59
1870 - 1913
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 60
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 61
1870 - 1945
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 62
1870 - 1939
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 64
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 65
1870 - 1926
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 66
1870 - 1916
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 67
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 68
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 69
1870 - 1932
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 70
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 24
1817 - 1894
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 25
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 26
1848 - 1894
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 27
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 28
1840 - 1894
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 29
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 30
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 31
1815 - 1894
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 32
1828 - 1894
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 33
1844 - 1894
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 34
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 35
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 36
Among people born in Belgium, Guillaume Lekeu ranks 281 out of 1,019. Before him are Patrick Bauchau (1938), William of Moerbeke (1215), Peter Snayers (1592), Max Verstappen (1997), Eden Hazard (1991), and Arnold Geulincx (1624). After him are Jean Rey (1902), Cornelis Floris de Vriendt (1514), William of St-Thierry (1085), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Frans Pourbus the Younger (1569), and Thierry Boutsen (1957).
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 275
1215 - 1286
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 276
1592 - 1667
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 277
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 278
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 279
1624 - 1669
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 280
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 281
1902 - 1983
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 282
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 283
1085 - 1148
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 284
1322 - 1406
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 285
1569 - 1622
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 286
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 287
Among composers born in Belgium, Guillaume Lekeu ranks 21. Before him are Johannes Tinctoris (1435), Pierre de la Rue (1460), Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Alexander Agricola (1446), Johannes Ciconia (1370), and Philippe Herreweghe (1947). After him are Jean Absil (1893), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), Philippe de Monte (1521), Wim Mertens (1953), Joseph Jongen (1873), and Giaches de Wert (1535).
1435 - 1511
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 15
1460 - 1518
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 16
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 17
1446 - 1506
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 18
1370 - 1412
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 19
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 20
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 21
1893 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 22
1784 - 1871
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 23
1521 - 1603
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 24
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 25
1873 - 1953
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 26
1535 - 1596
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 27