1685 - 1750
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations, and for vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.The Bach family already counted several composers when Johann Sebastian was born as the last child of a city musician in Eisenach. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Sebastian Bach has received more than 8,703,088 page views. His biography is available in 181 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 180 in 2019). Johann Sebastian Bach is the 3rd most popular composer, the 2nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Composer.
Johann Sebastian Bach is most famous for his compositions, such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, and the St. Matthew Passion.
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Among composers, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 3 out of 1,228. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. After him are Antonio Vivaldi, Frédéric Chopin, Joseph Haydn, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, George Frideric Handel, Franz Schubert, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Gustav Mahler.
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.58
Rank: 1
1756 - 1791
HPI: 95.81
Rank: 2
1685 - 1750
HPI: 94.83
Rank: 3
1678 - 1741
HPI: 91.90
Rank: 4
1810 - 1849
HPI: 91.60
Rank: 5
1732 - 1809
HPI: 90.21
Rank: 6
1813 - 1901
HPI: 89.79
Rank: 7
1813 - 1883
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 8
1685 - 1759
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 9
1797 - 1828
HPI: 89.11
Rank: 10
1840 - 1893
HPI: 88.38
Rank: 11
1860 - 1911
HPI: 86.86
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 1. After him are George Frideric Handel, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, George Berkeley, Domenico Scarlatti, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Brook Taylor, Johann Maria Farina, Jean-Marc Nattier, Edward England, John Gay, and William Kent. Among people deceased in 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 1. After him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John V of Portugal, Maurice de Saxe, Emperor Sakuramachi, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Rachel Ruysch, Vasily Tatishchev, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Giuseppe Sammartini, Apostolo Zeno, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.
1685 - 1750
HPI: 94.83
Rank: 1
1685 - 1759
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 2
1685 - 1740
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 3
1685 - 1753
HPI: 82.67
Rank: 4
1685 - 1757
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 5
1685 - 1712
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 6
1685 - 1731
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 7
1685 - 1766
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 8
1685 - 1766
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 9
1685 - 1720
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 10
1685 - 1732
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 11
1685 - 1748
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 12
1685 - 1750
HPI: 94.83
Rank: 1
1691 - 1750
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 2
1689 - 1750
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 3
1696 - 1750
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 4
1720 - 1750
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 5
1687 - 1750
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 6
1664 - 1750
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 7
1686 - 1750
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 8
1672 - 1750
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 9
1695 - 1750
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 10
1668 - 1750
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 11
1679 - 1750
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 2 out of 5,289. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770). After him are Albert Einstein (1879), Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), and Richard Wagner (1813).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.58
Rank: 1
1685 - 1750
HPI: 94.83
Rank: 2
1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
Rank: 3
1483 - 1546
HPI: 94.31
Rank: 4
1818 - 1883
HPI: 93.23
Rank: 5
1394 - 1468
HPI: 92.45
Rank: 6
1844 - 1900
HPI: 91.80
Rank: 7
1749 - 1832
HPI: 91.73
Rank: 8
1471 - 1528
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 9
1815 - 1898
HPI: 89.69
Rank: 10
1770 - 1831
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 11
1813 - 1883
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 12
Among composers born in Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 2. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770). After him are Richard Wagner (1813), George Frideric Handel (1685), Johannes Brahms (1833), Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Richard Strauss (1864), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), and Carl Orff (1895).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.58
Rank: 1
1685 - 1750
HPI: 94.83
Rank: 2
1813 - 1883
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 3
1685 - 1759
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 4
1833 - 1897
HPI: 86.84
Rank: 5
1810 - 1856
HPI: 86.35
Rank: 6
1809 - 1847
HPI: 85.00
Rank: 7
1819 - 1880
HPI: 82.74
Rank: 8
1714 - 1787
HPI: 82.68
Rank: 9
1864 - 1949
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 10
1786 - 1826
HPI: 81.47
Rank: 11
1895 - 1982
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 12