1820 - 1881
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (French: [ɑ̃ʁi fʁɑ̃swa ʒɔzɛf vjøtɑ̃] 17 February 1820 – 6 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Vieuxtemps has received more than 211,813 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Vieuxtemps is the 209th most popular composer (down from 186th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 88th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belgian Composer.
Henri Vieuxtemps is most famous for being one of the most prominent violinists of the 19th century. He was born in Belgium and studied in Paris. He was a professor at the Brussels Conservatory and a member of the Royal Academy of Music in London.
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Among composers, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 209 out of 1,216. Before him are William Byrd, Eugène Ysaÿe, Alessandro Marcello, Francis Lai, Jerry Goldsmith, and Antonio Caldara. After him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Benedetto Marcello, Johann Adolph Hasse, Ernest Chausson, Josef Suk, and James Horner.
1543 - 1623
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 203
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 204
1673 - 1747
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 205
1932 - 2018
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 206
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 207
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 208
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 209
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 210
1686 - 1739
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 211
1699 - 1783
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 212
1855 - 1899
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 213
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 214
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 215
Among people born in 1820, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 13. Before him are Henri, Count of Chambord, Harriet Tubman, Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, and Heungseon Daewongun. After him are Susan B. Anthony, Božena Němcová, William Tecumseh Sherman, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Lewis A. Swift, and William John Macquorn Rankine. Among people deceased in 1881, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 13. Before him are James A. Garfield, Thomas Carlyle, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Auguste Mariette, and Jenny von Westphalen. After him are Nikolay Pirogov, Nikolai Rubinstein, Empress Dowager Ci'an, Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Theobald Boehm, and Archduchess Clementina of Austria.
1820 - 1883
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 8
1820 - 1887
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 9
1820 - 1873
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 10
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 11
1820 - 1898
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 12
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 14
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 15
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 16
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 17
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 18
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 19
1831 - 1881
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 7
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 8
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 9
1805 - 1881
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 10
1821 - 1881
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 11
1814 - 1881
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 12
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 14
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 15
1837 - 1881
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 16
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 17
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 18
1798 - 1881
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 19
Among people born in Belgium, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 111 out of 1,019. Before him are Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), Paul Delvaux (1897), Frans Snyders (1579), Gertrude of Nivelles (626), François Vatel (1631), and Henri Pirenne (1862). After him are Karel van Mander (1548), Jacob Obrecht (1457), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Henri, Count of Paris (1933), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787).
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 105
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 106
1579 - 1657
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 107
626 - 659
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 108
1631 - 1671
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 109
1862 - 1935
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 110
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 111
1548 - 1606
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 112
1457 - 1505
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 113
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 114
1933 - 2019
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 115
1240 - 1288
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 116
1787 - 1862
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 117
Among composers born in Belgium, Henri Vieuxtemps ranks 8. Before him are César Franck (1822), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Johannes Ockeghem (1410), Adrian Willaert (1490), Gilles Binchois (1400), and Eugène Ysaÿe (1858). After him are Jacob Obrecht (1457), André Grétry (1741), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), Pierre De Geyter (1848), Heinrich Isaac (1450), and Cipriano de Rore (1515).
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 2
1397 - 1474
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 3
1410 - 1497
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 4
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 5
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 6
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 7
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 8
1457 - 1505
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 9
1741 - 1813
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 10
1507 - 1568
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 12
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 13
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 14