1876 - 1972
William Havergal Brian (29 January 1876 – 28 November 1972) was a prominent 20th-century English composer, librettist, and church organist.He is best known for having composed 32 symphonies, an unusually high number amongst his contemporaries, 25 of them after the age of 70. His best-known work is his Symphony No. 1, The Gothic, which calls for some of the largest orchestral forces demanded by a conventionally structured concert work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Havergal Brian has received more than 157,752 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Havergal Brian is the 1,154th most popular composer (down from 1,046th in 2019), the 3,615th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,311th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Composer.
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Among composers, Havergal Brian ranks 1,154 out of 1,216. Before him are Manolis Kalomiris, Tadeusz Baird, Alan Hovhaness, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Hans Gál, and Paul Williams. After him are Vladimir Shainsky, Emil Paur, Boris Tishchenko, Rudolf Friml, Alphons Czibulka, and Leonard Slatkin.
1883 - 1962
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 1,148
1928 - 1981
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 1,149
1911 - 2000
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 1,150
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 1,151
1890 - 1987
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 1,152
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,153
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,154
1925 - 2017
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,155
1855 - 1932
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 1,156
1939 - 2010
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,157
1879 - 1972
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 1,158
1842 - 1894
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 1,159
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 1,160
Among people born in 1876, Havergal Brian ranks 153. Before him are Violet Gibson, G. M. Trevelyan, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Alexandre Tuffère, Ellsworth Huntington, and Alexandros Papanastasiou. After him are Carl Enckell, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Virginia Bolten, Mariam Thresia Chiramel, Georg Hilmar, and H. B. Warner. Among people deceased in 1972, Havergal Brian ranks 181. Before him are Alexander Bek, Olavi Virta, Werner Klingler, Alexander Vampilov, Reginald Owen, and David Hall. After him are Rudolf Friml, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Carlos Cillóniz, Rainer von Fieandt, John Grierson, and Pandurang Vaman Kane.
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 147
1876 - 1962
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 148
1876 - 1943
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 149
1876 - 1958
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 150
1876 - 1947
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 151
1876 - 1936
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 152
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 153
1876 - 1959
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 154
1876 - 1977
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 155
1876 - 1960
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 156
1876 - 1926
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 157
1876 - 1911
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 158
1876 - 1958
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 159
1903 - 1972
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 175
1915 - 1972
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 176
1903 - 1972
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 177
1937 - 1972
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 178
1887 - 1972
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 179
1875 - 1972
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 180
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 181
1879 - 1972
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 182
1911 - 1972
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 183
1910 - 1972
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 184
1890 - 1972
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 185
1898 - 1972
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 186
1880 - 1972
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 187
Among people born in United Kingdom, Havergal Brian ranks 3,615 out of 7,765. Before him are Geoff Nicholls (1948), Mary Ure (1933), Mary F. Lyon (1925), Ewen Bremner (1972), John Gardner (1926), and Thomas Bell (1792). After him are Fay Weldon (1931), Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), Callum Keith Rennie (1960), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), and John Gerard (1545).
1948 - 2017
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 3,609
1933 - 1975
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 3,610
1925 - 2014
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 3,611
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 3,612
1926 - 2007
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 3,613
1792 - 1880
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 3,614
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 3,615
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 3,616
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 3,617
1845 - 1927
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3,618
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3,619
1757 - 1833
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3,620
1545 - 1612
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 3,621
Among composers born in United Kingdom, Havergal Brian ranks 55. Before him are Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Gavin Bryars (1943), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Arthur Bliss (1891), and Thomas Morley (1557). After him are Craig Armstrong (1959), David Arnold (1962), Gerald Finzi (1901), Fred Frith (1949), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), and John Ireland (1879).
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 49
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 50
1756 - 1778
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 51
1816 - 1875
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 52
1891 - 1975
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 53
1557 - 1602
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 54
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 55
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 56
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 57
1901 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 59
1934 - 2022
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 60
1879 - 1962
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 61