1874 - 1934
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Holst has received more than 2,290,259 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Holst is the 156th most popular composer (up from 161st in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 475th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Composer.
Gustav Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.
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Among composers, Gustav Holst ranks 156 out of 1,216. Before him are George Enescu, Enrique Granados, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Édouard Lalo, Ottorino Respighi, and Vincenzo Galilei. After him are Giovanni Paisiello, Marin Marais, Vittorio Monti, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Francesco Cavalli, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 150
1867 - 1916
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 151
1760 - 1836
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 152
1823 - 1892
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 153
1879 - 1936
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 154
1520 - 1591
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 155
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 156
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 157
1656 - 1728
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 158
1868 - 1922
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 159
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 160
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 161
1562 - 1621
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1874, Gustav Holst ranks 27. Before him are Ernest Shackleton, Nikolai Berdyaev, Talaat Pasha, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Nicholas Roerich, and August Krogh. After him are Konstantin Päts, Karl Kraus, Antanas Smetona, Inessa Armand, Reinhold Glière, and Vsevolod Meyerhold. Among people deceased in 1934, Gustav Holst ranks 18. Before him are Nestor Makhno, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Gregor Strasser, Engelbert Dollfuss, and Tōgō Heihachirō. After him are Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Edmond James de Rothschild, Alice Liddell, Louis Barthou, Augusto César Sandino, and Marinus van der Lubbe.
1874 - 1922
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 21
1874 - 1948
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 22
1874 - 1921
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 23
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 24
1874 - 1947
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 25
1874 - 1949
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 26
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 27
1874 - 1956
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 28
1874 - 1936
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1874 - 1944
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 30
1874 - 1920
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 31
1874 - 1956
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 32
1874 - 1940
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 33
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 12
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 13
1852 - 1934
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 14
1892 - 1934
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 15
1892 - 1934
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 16
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 17
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 18
1858 - 1934
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 19
1845 - 1934
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 20
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 21
1862 - 1934
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 22
1895 - 1934
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 23
1909 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 24
Among people born in United Kingdom, Gustav Holst ranks 472 out of 7,765. Before him are John Hicks (1904), Samuel Butler (1835), Samuel Johnson (1709), William Laud (1573), William Adams (1564), and Gregory Bateson (1904). After him are John Donne (1572), William Godwin (1756), Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Edmund Ironside (993), John Cleese (1939), and Peter Brook (1925).
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 466
1835 - 1902
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 467
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 468
1573 - 1645
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 469
1564 - 1620
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 470
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 471
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 472
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 473
1756 - 1836
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 474
1473 - 1483
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 475
993 - 1016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 476
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 477
1925 - 2022
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 478
Among composers born in United Kingdom, Gustav Holst ranks 4. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Henry Purcell (1659), and Benjamin Britten (1913). After him are John Barry (1933), William Byrd (1543), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and John Dunstaple (1390).
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 2
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 3
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 5
1543 - 1623
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 6
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 8
1872 - 1958
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 9
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 10
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
1390 - 1453
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 12