1908 - 1942
August Hugo Distler (24 June 1908 – 1 November 1942) was a German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Distler has received more than 79,599 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Hugo Distler is the 1,003rd most popular composer (down from 935th in 2019), the 3,624th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,358th in 2019) and the 149th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Hugo Distler ranks 1,003 out of 1,216. Before him are Robert Gerhard, Mikael Tariverdiev, Harald Sæverud, Meredith Monk, Hubert Parry, and Yasushi Akutagawa. After him are Johann Theile, Antoine Duhamel, Walter Piston, Gottfried von Einem, Vagn Holmboe, and Jacopo da Bologna.
1896 - 1970
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 997
1931 - 1996
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 998
1897 - 1992
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 999
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1,000
1848 - 1918
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,001
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,002
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 1,003
1646 - 1724
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 1,004
1925 - 2014
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 1,005
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,006
1918 - 1996
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 1,007
1909 - 1996
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 1,008
1340 - 1386
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 1,009
Among people born in 1908, Hugo Distler ranks 205. Before him are Ahmad Shukeiri, Louis Jordan, Marina Semyonova, Kočo Racin, Ethel Merman, and Ștefan Barbu. After him are Agustín Sauto Arana, Marcel Langiller, Aleksander Ford, Simonne Mathieu, Jim Brown, and Odette Bancilhon. Among people deceased in 1942, Hugo Distler ranks 150. Before him are Emil von Sauer, Renia Spiegel, August von Gödrich, Eusebio Ayala, Romà Forns, and Nevile Henderson. After him are Alexey Troitsky, Ants Piip, Frank Churchill, Juhan Kukk, Mahadev Desai, and José Díaz.
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 199
1908 - 1975
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 200
1908 - 2010
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 201
1908 - 1943
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 202
1908 - 1984
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 203
1908 - 1970
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 204
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 205
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 206
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 207
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 208
1908 - 1980
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 209
1908 - 1994
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 210
1908 - 1998
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 211
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 144
1924 - 1942
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 145
1859 - 1942
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 146
1875 - 1942
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 147
1885 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 148
1882 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 149
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 150
1866 - 1942
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 151
1884 - 1942
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 152
1901 - 1942
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 153
1885 - 1942
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 154
1892 - 1942
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 155
1895 - 1942
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 156
Among people born in Germany, Hugo Distler ranks 3,624 out of 6,142. Before him are Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649), Marc Forster (1969), Felix Graf von Bothmer (1852), Gustav Spörer (1822), Karoline von Günderrode (1780), and Emil Julius Gumbel (1891). After him are Johann Theile (1646), Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1774), Karl-Heinz Riedle (1965), Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843), Theodor Fischer (1862), and Oskar Maria Graf (1894).
1649 - 1697
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 3,618
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 3,619
1852 - 1937
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 3,620
1822 - 1895
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 3,621
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 3,622
1891 - 1966
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 3,623
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 3,624
1646 - 1724
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 3,625
1774 - 1825
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 3,626
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 3,627
1843 - 1917
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 3,628
1862 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 3,629
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 3,630
Among composers born in Germany, Hugo Distler ranks 149. Before him are Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Emil von Sauer (1862), Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774), Wolfgang Rihm (1952), and Julius Reubke (1834). After him are Johann Theile (1646), Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795), Gustav Lange (1830), Julius Rietz (1812), Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669), and Boris Papandopulo (1906).
1708 - 1776
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 143
1839 - 1916
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 144
1862 - 1942
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 145
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 146
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 147
1834 - 1858
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 148
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 149
1646 - 1724
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 150
1795 - 1866
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 151
1830 - 1889
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 152
1812 - 1877
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 153
1669 - 1753
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 154
1906 - 1991
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 155