1825 - 1899
Johann Strauss II (born Johann Baptist Strauss; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son (German: Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. In his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King", and was largely responsible for the popularity of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Strauss II has received more than 1,409,777 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Strauss II is the 28th most popular composer (down from 27th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Austria and the 4th most popular Austrian Composer.
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Among composers, Johann Strauss II ranks 28 out of 1,228. Before him are Felix Mendelssohn, Georges Bizet, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Hector Berlioz, Maurice Ravel, and Bedřich Smetana. After him are Dmitri Shostakovich, Antonio Salieri, Sergei Prokofiev, Jacques Offenbach, Christoph Willibald Gluck, and Modest Mussorgsky.
1809 - 1847
HPI: 85.00
Rank: 22
1838 - 1875
HPI: 84.52
Rank: 23
1520 - 1594
HPI: 84.32
Rank: 24
1803 - 1869
HPI: 84.16
Rank: 25
1875 - 1937
HPI: 84.11
Rank: 26
1824 - 1884
HPI: 83.88
Rank: 27
1825 - 1899
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 28
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 29
1750 - 1825
HPI: 82.96
Rank: 30
1891 - 1953
HPI: 82.85
Rank: 31
1819 - 1880
HPI: 82.74
Rank: 32
1714 - 1787
HPI: 82.68
Rank: 33
1839 - 1881
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1825, Johann Strauss II ranks 1. After him are Thomas Henry Huxley, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Martin Charcot, Ferdinand Lassalle, Pedro II of Brazil, Johann Jakob Balmer, Charles Garnier, Paul Kruger, Marie of Prussia, Eduard Hanslick, and Emil Erlenmeyer. Among people deceased in 1899, Johann Strauss II ranks 1. After him are Alfred Sisley, Robert Bunsen, Leo von Caprivi, Félix Faure, Sophus Lie, Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Ernest Chausson, Paul Reuter, Giovanni Segantini, and Rosa Bonheur.
1825 - 1899
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 1
1825 - 1895
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 2
1825 - 1905
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 3
1825 - 1893
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 4
1825 - 1864
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 5
1825 - 1891
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 6
1825 - 1898
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 7
1825 - 1898
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 8
1825 - 1904
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 9
1825 - 1889
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 10
1825 - 1904
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 11
1825 - 1909
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 12
1825 - 1899
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 1
1839 - 1899
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 2
1811 - 1899
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 3
1831 - 1899
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 4
1841 - 1899
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 5
1842 - 1899
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 6
1870 - 1899
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 7
1871 - 1899
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 8
1855 - 1899
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 9
1816 - 1899
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 10
1858 - 1899
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 11
1822 - 1899
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Johann Strauss II ranks 19 out of 1,075. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881), Karl Popper (1902), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863), and Alfred Adler (1870). After him are Erwin Schrödinger (1887), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Charles I of Austria (1887), Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640), and Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (1791).
1881 - 1942
HPI: 84.77
Rank: 13
1902 - 1994
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 14
1459 - 1519
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 83.95
Rank: 16
1863 - 1914
HPI: 83.71
Rank: 17
1870 - 1937
HPI: 83.57
Rank: 18
1825 - 1899
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 19
1887 - 1961
HPI: 83.20
Rank: 20
1685 - 1740
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 21
1747 - 1792
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 22
1887 - 1922
HPI: 82.58
Rank: 23
1640 - 1705
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 24
1791 - 1847
HPI: 82.44
Rank: 25
Among composers born in Austria, Johann Strauss II ranks 4. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756), Joseph Haydn (1732), and Franz Schubert (1797). After him are Johann Strauss I (1804), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Bruckner (1824), Anton Webern (1883), Alban Berg (1885), Carl Czerny (1791), Alma Mahler (1879), and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791).
1756 - 1791
HPI: 95.81
Rank: 1
1732 - 1809
HPI: 90.21
Rank: 2
1797 - 1828
HPI: 89.11
Rank: 3
1825 - 1899
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 4
1804 - 1849
HPI: 81.94
Rank: 5
1874 - 1951
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 6
1824 - 1896
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 7
1883 - 1945
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 8
1885 - 1935
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 9
1791 - 1857
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 10
1879 - 1964
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 11
1791 - 1844
HPI: 75.84
Rank: 12