1859 - 1951
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951) was a Czech composer and musicologist. He is often referred to as J. B. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Bohuslav Foerster has received more than 57,571 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Josef Bohuslav Foerster is the 674th most popular composer (down from 652nd in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 278th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Czech Composer.
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Among composers, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 674 out of 1,216. Before him are Vittoria Aleotti, Thomas Newman, Johann Crüger, Franchinus Gaffurius, Sun Ra, and Anton Schindler. After him are Giuseppe Sammartini, Eduardo di Capua, André Messager, Isang Yun, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Sergei Bortkiewicz.
1575 - 1640
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 668
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 669
1598 - 1662
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 670
1451 - 1522
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 671
1914 - 1993
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 672
1795 - 1864
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 673
1859 - 1951
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 674
1695 - 1750
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 675
1865 - 1917
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 676
1853 - 1929
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 677
1917 - 1995
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 678
1656 - 1746
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 679
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 680
Among people born in 1859, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 61. Before him are Radko Dimitriev, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Sen Katayama, Havelock Ellis, Kenneth Grahame, and Walther von Lüttwitz. After him are John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Nahum Sokolow, Gustave Kahn, Christian von Ehrenfels, Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Mikhail Rodzianko. Among people deceased in 1951, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 69. Before him are Géza Maróczy, Robert Grant Aitken, Liaquat Ali Khan, Maria Montez, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, and Yoshio Nishina. After him are Warner Baxter, Louis Lavelle, Abanindranath Tagore, John Paine, Vasiliy Ulrikh, and Fritz Busch.
1859 - 1918
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 55
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 56
1859 - 1933
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 57
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 58
1859 - 1932
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 59
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 60
1859 - 1951
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 61
1859 - 1935
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 62
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 63
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 64
1859 - 1932
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 65
1859 - 1916
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 66
1859 - 1924
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 67
1870 - 1951
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 63
1864 - 1951
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 64
1895 - 1951
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 65
1912 - 1951
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 66
1907 - 1951
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 67
1890 - 1951
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 68
1859 - 1951
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 69
1889 - 1951
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 70
1883 - 1951
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 71
1871 - 1951
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 72
1870 - 1951
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 73
1889 - 1951
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 74
1890 - 1951
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 75
Among people born in Czechia, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 303 out of 973. Before him are Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Artur London (1915), Prince Ernst of Hohenberg (1904), Károly Khuen-Héderváry (1849), Anton Schindler (1795), and Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732). After him are Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656), Maria Restituta Kafka (1894), Karel Kosík (1926), Oskar Nedbal (1874), Miloslav Vlk (1932), and Adolf Scherer (1938).
1812 - 1865
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 297
1915 - 1986
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 298
1904 - 1954
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 299
1849 - 1918
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 300
1795 - 1864
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 301
1732 - 1817
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 302
1859 - 1951
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 303
1656 - 1746
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 304
1894 - 1943
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 305
1926 - 2003
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 306
1874 - 1930
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 307
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 308
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 309
Among composers born in Czechia, Josef Bohuslav Foerster ranks 35. Before him are Alois Hába (1893), Otakar Ševčík (1852), Paul Wranitzky (1756), Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729), Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763), and Anton Schindler (1795). After him are Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656), Oskar Nedbal (1874), František Brixi (1732), Leo Fall (1873), Franz Krommer (1759), and Václav Tomášek (1774).
1893 - 1973
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 29
1852 - 1934
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 30
1756 - 1808
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 31
1729 - 1774
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 32
1763 - 1850
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 33
1795 - 1864
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 34
1859 - 1951
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 35
1656 - 1746
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 36
1874 - 1930
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 37
1732 - 1771
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 38
1873 - 1925
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 39
1759 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 40
1774 - 1850
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 41