1887 - 1959
Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known South American composer of all time. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2,000 works by his death in 1959. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heitor Villa-Lobos has received more than 687,268 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Heitor Villa-Lobos is the 131st most popular composer (up from 137th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Composer.
Heitor Villa-Lobos is most famous for his compositions. He was a Brazilian composer, conductor, and pianist. He was also a pioneer of Brazilian nationalism in classical music.
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Among composers, Heitor Villa-Lobos ranks 131 out of 1,216. Before him are Pérotin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Carl Nielsen, Johannes Ockeghem, and Paul Dukas. After him are Maurice Jarre, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Iannis Xenakis, César Cui, Emmerich Kálmán, and Pierre Boulez.
1160 - 1230
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 125
1933 - 2020
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 126
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 127
1865 - 1931
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 128
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 129
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 130
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 131
1924 - 2009
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 132
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 133
1922 - 2001
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 134
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 135
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 136
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 137
Among people born in 1887, Heitor Villa-Lobos ranks 25. Before him are Vidkun Quisling, Felix Yusupov, Saint-John Perse, Chūichi Nagumo, Henry Moseley, and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. After him are Ruth Benedict, Georg Trakl, Nikolai Vavilov, Nadia Boulanger, Lothar Rendulic, and Wolfgang Köhler. Among people deceased in 1959, Heitor Villa-Lobos ranks 11. Before him are George Marshall, Raymond Chandler, Billie Holiday, Owen Willans Richardson, Gérard Philipe, and Boris Vian. After him are Camilo Cienfuegos, Adolf Windaus, Shirō Ishii, Buddy Holly, Errol Flynn, and George Grosz.
1887 - 1945
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 19
1887 - 1967
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 20
1887 - 1975
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 21
1887 - 1944
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 22
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 23
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 24
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 25
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 26
1887 - 1914
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 27
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 28
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 29
1887 - 1971
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 30
1887 - 1967
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 31
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 5
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 6
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 7
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 8
1922 - 1959
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 9
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 10
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 11
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 12
1876 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 13
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 14
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 15
1909 - 1959
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 16
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
Among people born in Brazil, Heitor Villa-Lobos ranks 29 out of 2,067. Before him are Ronaldinho (1980), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927), Getúlio Vargas (1882), Maria II of Portugal (1819), and Carlos Alberto Parreira (1943). After him are Ronaldo (1976), Romário (1966), Roberto Carlos (1973), João Gilberto (1931), Djalma Santos (1929), and Jairzinho (1944).
1980 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 23
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 24
1927 - 1994
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 25
1882 - 1954
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 26
1819 - 1853
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 27
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 28
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 29
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 30
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 31
1973 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 32
1931 - 2019
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 33
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 34
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 35
Among composers born in Brazil, Heitor Villa-Lobos ranks 1. After him are Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836), Egberto Gismonti (1947), Ary Barroso (1903), Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847), Alberto Nepomuceno (1864), Cláudio Santoro (1919), and Alexandre Levy (1864).
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1
1836 - 1896
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 3
1903 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 4
1907 - 1993
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 5
1847 - 1935
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 6
1864 - 1920
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 7
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 8
1864 - 1892
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 9