1683 - 1764
Jean-Philippe Rameau (French: [ʒɑ̃filip ʁamo]; (1683-09-25)25 September 1683 – (1764-09-12)12 September 1764) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin.Little is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his Treatise on Harmony (1722) and also in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which circulated throughout Europe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Philippe Rameau has received more than 766,918 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Philippe Rameau is the 52nd most popular composer (down from 51st in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from France (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Composer.
Jean-Philippe Rameau is most famous for his contributions to the French opera. He was a composer, theorist, and organist.
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Among composers, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 52 out of 1,216. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully, Carl Maria von Weber, Erik Satie, Anton Bruckner, Carl Orff, and Arnold Schoenberg. After him are Orlande de Lassus, Aram Khachaturian, Domenico Scarlatti, Vincenzo Bellini, Mikis Theodorakis, and Georg Philipp Telemann.
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
1534 - 1594
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 53
1903 - 1978
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 54
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
Among people born in 1683, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 2. Before him is Philip V of Spain. After him are George II of Great Britain, Caroline of Ansbach, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Anna of Austria, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 6th Dalai Lama, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Christoph Graupner, Gottfried Silbermann, and Christian Ludwig II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1764, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 2. Before him is Madame de Pompadour. After him are Ivan VI of Russia, William Hogarth, Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Mattheson, Erik Pontoppidan, Francesco Algarotti, and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire.
1683 - 1746
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 1
1683 - 1764
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 2
1683 - 1760
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 3
1683 - 1737
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 4
1683 - 1757
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 5
1683 - 1754
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 6
1683 - 1754
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 7
1683 - 1706
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 8
1683 - 1744
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 9
1683 - 1760
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 10
1683 - 1753
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 11
1683 - 1756
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 12
1721 - 1764
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 1
1683 - 1764
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 2
1740 - 1764
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 3
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 4
1690 - 1764
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 5
1695 - 1764
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 6
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 7
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 8
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 9
1698 - 1764
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 10
1712 - 1764
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 11
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 170 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles the Bold (1433), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Henry II of England (1133), Louis Daguerre (1787), Pope Gregory XI (1370), and Philip VI of France (1293). After him are Jeanne Calment (1875), Louis X of France (1289), Henry Cavendish (1731), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), and Louis VIII of France (1187).
1433 - 1477
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 164
1844 - 1879
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 165
1133 - 1189
HPI: 74.66
Rank: 166
1787 - 1851
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 167
1370 - 1378
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 168
1293 - 1350
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 169
1683 - 1764
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 170
1875 - 1997
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 171
1289 - 1316
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 172
1731 - 1810
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 173
1778 - 1846
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 174
1768 - 1844
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 175
1187 - 1226
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 176
Among composers born in France, Jean-Philippe Rameau ranks 8. Before him are Claude Debussy (1862), Hector Berlioz (1803), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1520), Maurice Ravel (1875), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), and Erik Satie (1866). After him are Charles Gounod (1818), Josquin des Prez (1450), Jules Massenet (1842), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Olivier Messiaen (1908), and François Couperin (1668).
1862 - 1918
HPI: 78.91
Rank: 2
1803 - 1869
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 3
1520 - 1594
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 4
1875 - 1937
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 5
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 6
1866 - 1925
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 7
1683 - 1764
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 8
1818 - 1893
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 9
1450 - 1521
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 10
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 11
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 12
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 13
1668 - 1733
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 14