1632 - 1687
Jean-Baptiste Lully (UK: LUUL-ee, US: loo-LEE, French: [ʒɑ̃ batist lyli]; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista ˈlulli]; 28 November [O.S. 18 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France and became a French subject in 1661. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Lully has received more than 1,066,053 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Lully is the 46th most popular composer (down from 43rd in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Composer.
Jean-Baptiste Lully was a French composer and dancer. He is most famous for his operas, which were called "tragédies lyriques."
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Among composers, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 46 out of 1,216. Before him are Béla Bartók, Camille Saint-Saëns, Guido of Arezzo, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gaetano Donizetti, and Tomaso Albinoni. After him are Carl Maria von Weber, Erik Satie, Anton Bruckner, Carl Orff, Arnold Schoenberg, and Jean-Philippe Rameau.
1881 - 1945
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 40
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 41
991 - 1050
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 42
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 43
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 44
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 45
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 46
1786 - 1826
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 47
1866 - 1925
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 48
1824 - 1896
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 49
1895 - 1982
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 50
1874 - 1951
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 51
1683 - 1764
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 52
Among people born in 1632, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 5. Before him are John Locke, Johannes Vermeer, Baruch Spinoza, and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. After him are Samuel von Pufendorf, Christopher Wren, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Jean Mabillon, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Michael I Apafi, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Among people deceased in 1687, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 1. After him are William Petty, Johannes Hevelius, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Nicholas Mercator, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.
1632 - 1704
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 1
1632 - 1675
HPI: 85.26
Rank: 2
1632 - 1677
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 3
1632 - 1723
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 4
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 5
1632 - 1694
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 6
1632 - 1723
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 7
1632 - 1649
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 8
1632 - 1707
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 9
1632 - 1638
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 10
1632 - 1690
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 11
1632 - 1690
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 12
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 2
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 3
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 4
1596 - 1687
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 6
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1639 - 1687
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 10
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 11
1625 - 1687
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 162 out of 4,668. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Marcello Mastroianni (1924), Pope Leo XI (1535), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922), Carlo Collodi (1826), and Pope Clement XII (1652). After him are Luchino Visconti (1906), Pope Benedict XIV (1675), Gaius Marius (-157), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Artemisia Gentileschi (1593), and Pope Martin V (1369).
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 156
1924 - 1996
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 157
1535 - 1605
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 158
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 159
1826 - 1890
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 160
1652 - 1740
HPI: 75.11
Rank: 161
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 162
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 163
1675 - 1758
HPI: 75.08
Rank: 164
157 BC - 86 BC
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 165
1520 - 1590
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 166
1593 - 1653
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 167
1369 - 1431
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 168
Among composers born in Italy, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 11. Before him are Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Ennio Morricone (1928), Antonio Salieri (1750), Guido of Arezzo (991), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), and Tomaso Albinoni (1671). After him are Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), Nino Rota (1911), and Luigi Boccherini (1743).
1567 - 1643
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 5
1928 - 2020
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 6
1750 - 1825
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 7
991 - 1050
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 8
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 9
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 10
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 11
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 12
1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 13
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 14
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 15
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 16
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 17