1912 - 2002
Günter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne Conservatory, he was a composition student with Philipp Jarnach and a piano student with Paul Baumgartner. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günter Wand has received more than 82,001 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Günter Wand is the 55th most popular conductor, the 2,814th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,766th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Conductor.
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Among conductors, Günter Wand ranks 55 out of 97. Before him are Pierre Monteux, Kurt Sanderling, Karel Ančerl, Victor de Sabata, Yevgeny Svetlanov, and Marek Janowski. After him are Thomas Beecham, Karl Muck, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Iván Fischer, Ferdinand Leitner, and Stanisław Skrowaczewski.
1875 - 1964
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 49
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 51
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 52
1928 - 2002
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 53
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 54
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 55
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 56
1859 - 1940
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 57
1933 - 2014
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 58
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 59
1912 - 1996
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 60
1923 - 2017
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1912, Günter Wand ranks 146. Before him are Kamala Sohonie, John Cheever, Georges Franju, Lev Kopelev, Vladimir Bakarić, and Hamengkubuwono IX. After him are Andre Norton, Eve Arnold, Nie Er, Alfred Schwarzmann, Rudolf Vytlačil, and Palle Huld. Among people deceased in 2002, Günter Wand ranks 121. Before him are Daniel Gélin, Dudley Moore, Mamo Wolde, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Inge Morath, and Branko Stanković. After him are Grote Reber, John Thaw, Robert Guéï, Marion Dönhoff, Domènec Balmanya, and Gabriel Almond.
1912 - 1998
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 140
1912 - 1982
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 141
1912 - 1987
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 142
1912 - 1997
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 143
1912 - 1983
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 144
1912 - 1988
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 145
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 146
1912 - 2005
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 147
1912 - 2012
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 148
1912 - 1935
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 149
1912 - 2000
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 150
1912 - 1977
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 151
1912 - 2010
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 152
1921 - 2002
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 115
1935 - 2002
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 116
1932 - 2002
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 117
1928 - 2002
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 118
1923 - 2002
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 119
1921 - 2002
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 120
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 121
1911 - 2002
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 122
1942 - 2002
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 123
1941 - 2002
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 124
1909 - 2002
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 125
1914 - 2002
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 126
1911 - 2002
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 127
Among people born in Germany, Günter Wand ranks 2,814 out of 6,142. Before him are John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Charlotte von Stein (1742), Adolf Bertram (1859), Heinrich Scheidemann (1596), Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752), and Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943). After him are Egon Bahr (1922), Adolf Schmal (1872), Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883), Matthias Claudius (1740), Sophie, Princess of Albania (1885), and Jens Böhrnsen (1949).
1513 - 1571
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,808
1742 - 1827
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,809
1859 - 1945
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,810
1596 - 1663
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,811
1752 - 1828
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 2,812
1943 - 2023
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 2,813
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 2,814
1922 - 2015
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,815
1872 - 1919
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,816
1883 - 1936
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,817
1740 - 1815
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,818
1885 - 1936
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,819
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,820
Among conductors born in Germany, Günter Wand ranks 7. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Bruno Walter (1876), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), Eugen Jochum (1902), and Franz Danzi (1763). After him are Karl Muck (1859), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Michael Gielen (1927), and Hans Zender (1936).
1886 - 1954
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 2
1876 - 1962
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 3
1888 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 4
1902 - 1987
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 5
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 6
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 7
1859 - 1940
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 8
1912 - 1996
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 9
1908 - 1968
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 10
1900 - 1973
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 11
1927 - 2019
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 12
1936 - 2019
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 13