1685 - 1750
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific authorship of music across a variety of instruments and forms, including; orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; solo instrumental works such as the cello suites and sonatas and partitas for solo violin; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schubler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and choral works such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Sebastian Bach has received more than 13,121,654 page views. His biography is available in 204 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 181 in 2019). Johann Sebastian Bach is the 3rd most popular composer, the 3rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2nd 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 1,216. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. After him are Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, George Frideric Handel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Johannes Brahms.
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1756 - 1791
HPI: 93.63
Rank: 2
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 3
1810 - 1849
HPI: 88.83
Rank: 4
1678 - 1741
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 5
1813 - 1901
HPI: 86.57
Rank: 6
1797 - 1828
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 7
1732 - 1809
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 8
1813 - 1883
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 9
1685 - 1759
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 10
1840 - 1893
HPI: 83.33
Rank: 11
1833 - 1897
HPI: 82.22
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 Bartolomeu de Gusmão. 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, Apostolo Zeno, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Giuseppe Sammartini, and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 1
1685 - 1759
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 2
1685 - 1740
HPI: 78.70
Rank: 3
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 4
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 5
1685 - 1712
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 6
1685 - 1731
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 7
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 8
1685 - 1766
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 9
1685 - 1720
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 10
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 11
1685 - 1724
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 12
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 1
1691 - 1750
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 2
1689 - 1750
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 3
1696 - 1750
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 4
1720 - 1750
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 5
1687 - 1750
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 6
1664 - 1750
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 7
1686 - 1750
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 8
1668 - 1750
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 9
1672 - 1750
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 10
1695 - 1750
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 11
1679 - 1750
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Johann Sebastian Bach ranks 3 out of 6,142. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770) and Albert Einstein (1879). After him are Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Charlemagne (748), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johannes Kepler (1571), and Otto von Bismarck (1815).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1879 - 1955
HPI: 93.06
Rank: 2
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 3
1483 - 1546
HPI: 92.12
Rank: 4
1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
Rank: 5
748 - 814
HPI: 89.46
Rank: 6
1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
Rank: 7
1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.78
Rank: 8
1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 9
1777 - 1855
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 10
1571 - 1630
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 11
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
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: 95.23
Rank: 1
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 2
1813 - 1883
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 3
1685 - 1759
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 4
1833 - 1897
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 5
1810 - 1856
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 6
1809 - 1847
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 7
1819 - 1880
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 8
1714 - 1787
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 9
1864 - 1949
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 10
1786 - 1826
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 11
1895 - 1982
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 12