1888 - 1965
Hans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888 – 25 October 1965) was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Richard Strauss. Knappertsbusch followed the traditional route for an aspiring conductor in Germany in the early 20th century, starting as a musical assistant and progressing to increasingly senior conducting posts. In 1922, at the age of 34, he was appointed general music director of the Bavarian State Opera, holding that post for eleven years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Knappertsbusch has received more than 103,804 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Hans Knappertsbusch is the 24th most popular conductor (up from 28th in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,717th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Conductor.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among conductors, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 24 out of 97. Before him are Dimitri Mitropoulos, Erich Kleiber, Seiji Ozawa, Carlo Maria Giulini, Leopold Stokowski, and Felix Weingartner. After him are Eugen Jochum, Charles Dutoit, John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, John Eliot Gardiner, and Simon Rattle.
1896 - 1960
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 18
1890 - 1956
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 19
1935 - 2024
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 20
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 21
1882 - 1977
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 22
1863 - 1942
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 23
1888 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 24
1902 - 1987
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 25
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 26
1854 - 1932
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 27
1874 - 1951
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 28
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 29
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1888, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 63. Before him are Nikolay Shvernik, Antonio Sant'Elia, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Giuseppe Ungaretti, and Nuri al-Said. After him are Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Tôn Đức Thắng, Werner Jaeger, Valerian Kuybyshev, Jan Syrový, and Harpo Marx. Among people deceased in 1965, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 40. Before him are David O. Selznick, Lauri Törni, Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay, Fan Noli, Aksel Sandemose, and Angelica Balabanoff. After him are Carl Værnet, Mehdi Ben Barka, Porfirio Rubirosa, Otozō Yamada, Adolf Schärf, and Clara Bow.
1888 - 1970
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 57
1888 - 1916
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 58
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 59
1888 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 60
1888 - 1970
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 61
1888 - 1958
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 62
1888 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 63
1888 - 1940
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 64
1888 - 1980
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 65
1888 - 1961
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 66
1888 - 1935
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 67
1888 - 1970
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 68
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 69
1902 - 1965
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 34
1919 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 35
1887 - 1965
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 36
1882 - 1965
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 37
1899 - 1965
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 38
1878 - 1965
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 39
1888 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 40
1893 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 41
1920 - 1965
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 42
1909 - 1965
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 43
1881 - 1965
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 44
1890 - 1965
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 45
1905 - 1965
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 46
Among people born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 1,566 out of 6,142. Before him are Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), Dettmar Cramer (1925), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Eduard Spranger (1882), and Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894). After him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (1763), Godfrey Kneller (1646), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789), and Joseph Karl Stieler (1781).
1671 - 1735
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 1,560
1310 - 1349
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 1,561
1925 - 2015
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 1,562
1896 - 1944
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 1,563
1882 - 1963
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,564
1894 - 1979
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,565
1888 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,566
1455 - 1499
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,567
1763 - 1830
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,568
1646 - 1723
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,569
1526 - 1569
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,570
1789 - 1867
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,571
1781 - 1858
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,572
Among conductors born in Germany, Hans Knappertsbusch ranks 4. Before him are Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), and Bruno Walter (1876). After him are Eugen Jochum (1902), Franz Danzi (1763), Günter Wand (1912), Karl Muck (1859), Ferdinand Leitner (1912), Joseph Keilberth (1908), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), and Michael Gielen (1927).
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