1659 - 1695
Henry Purcell (, rare: ; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer of Baroque music. Purcell's musical style was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Purcell has received more than 1,759,979 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 60 in 2019). Henry Purcell is the 61st most popular composer (down from 59th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 118th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Composer.
Henry Purcell is most famous for his compositions of the masque "The Fairy Queen" and the opera "Dido and Aeneas."
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Among composers, Henry Purcell ranks 61 out of 1,216. Before him are Domenico Scarlatti, Vincenzo Bellini, Mikis Theodorakis, Georg Philipp Telemann, Edward Elgar, and Astor Piazzolla. After him are Johann Christian Bach, George Gershwin, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, John Williams, Alexander Scriabin, and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 55
1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 56
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 57
1681 - 1767
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 58
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 59
1921 - 1992
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 60
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 61
1735 - 1782
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 62
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 63
1714 - 1788
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 65
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 66
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 67
Among people born in 1659, Henry Purcell ranks 1. After him are Jacob Roggeveen, Georg Ernst Stahl, Henry Every, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Sebastiano Ricci, Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Pieter van der Aa, Domenico Gabrielli, Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and David Gregory. Among people deceased in 1695, Henry Purcell ranks 4. Before him are Christiaan Huygens, Jean de La Fontaine, and Ahmed II. After him are Juana Inés de la Cruz, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Zumbi, Pierre Mignard, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Thomas Tew, and Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł.
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 1
1659 - 1729
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2
1659 - 1734
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 3
1659 - 1699
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 4
1659 - 1719
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 5
1659 - 1734
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 6
1659 - 1719
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 7
1659 - 1733
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 8
1659 - 1690
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 9
1659 - 1722
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 10
1659 - 1732
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 11
1659 - 1708
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 12
1629 - 1695
HPI: 77.71
Rank: 1
1621 - 1695
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 2
1643 - 1695
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 3
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 4
1648 - 1695
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 5
1645 - 1695
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 6
1655 - 1695
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 7
1612 - 1695
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 8
1641 - 1695
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 9
1628 - 1695
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 10
1649 - 1695
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 11
1667 - 1695
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Purcell ranks 132 out of 7,765. Before him are William Gilbert (1544), Cary Grant (1904), Paul Dirac (1902), Christopher Lee (1922), Joseph Priestley (1733), and Michael Caine (1933). After him are T. E. Lawrence (1888), Olav V of Norway (1903), George Boole (1815), Æthelstan (895), J. J. Thomson (1856), and William IV of the United Kingdom (1765).
1544 - 1603
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 126
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 127
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 128
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 129
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 130
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 131
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 132
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 133
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 134
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 135
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 136
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 137
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 138
Among composers born in United Kingdom, Henry Purcell ranks 2. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857). After him are Benjamin Britten (1913), Gustav Holst (1874), John Barry (1933), William Byrd (1543), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and John Dunstaple (1390).
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 2
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 3
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 5
1543 - 1623
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 6
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 8
1872 - 1958
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 9
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 10
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
1390 - 1453
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 12