1827 - 1870
Josef Strauss (20 August 1827 – 22 July 1870) was an Austrian composer. He was born in Mariahilf (now Vienna), the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim, and brother of Johann Strauss II and Eduard Strauss. His father wanted him to choose a career in the Austrian Habsburg military. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Strauss has received more than 215,829 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Josef Strauss is the 118th most popular composer (up from 158th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Austria (up from 142nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Composer.
Josef Strauss was a German composer and violinist. He is most famous for his waltzes.
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Among composers, Josef Strauss ranks 118 out of 1,216. Before him are Giulio Caccini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Manuel de Falla, Max Bruch, Zoltán Kodály, and Arthur Honegger. After him are Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Anton Rubinstein, György Ligeti, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Domenico Cimarosa.
1551 - 1618
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 112
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 113
1876 - 1946
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 114
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 115
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 116
1892 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 117
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 118
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 119
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 120
1829 - 1894
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 121
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 122
1778 - 1837
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 123
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 124
Among people born in 1827, Josef Strauss ranks 3. Before him are Johanna Spyri and Arnold Böcklin. After him are Ellen G. White, Joseph Lister, Heonjong of Joseon, Francisco Solano López, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Marcellin Berthelot, Deodoro da Fonseca, Jyotirao Phule, and John Hanning Speke. Among people deceased in 1870, Josef Strauss ranks 5. Before him are Charles Dickens, Alexandre Dumas, Robert E. Lee, and Prosper Mérimée. After him are Comte de Lautréamont, Frédéric Bazille, Alexander Herzen, Francisco Solano López, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, and Ferdinand von Wrangel.
1827 - 1901
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 1
1827 - 1901
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 2
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 3
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 4
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 5
1827 - 1849
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 6
1827 - 1870
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 7
1827 - 1892
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 8
1827 - 1907
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 9
1827 - 1892
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 10
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 11
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1812 - 1870
HPI: 82.45
Rank: 1
1802 - 1870
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 2
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 3
1803 - 1870
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 4
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 5
1846 - 1870
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 6
1841 - 1870
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 7
1812 - 1870
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 8
1827 - 1870
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 9
1797 - 1870
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 10
1798 - 1870
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 11
1797 - 1870
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 12
Among people born in Austria, Josef Strauss ranks 106 out of 1,237. Before him are Alma Mahler (1879), Maximilian Schell (1930), Paula Hitler (1896), Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), and Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643). After him are Hans Asperger (1906), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Victor Francis Hess (1883), Paul Feyerabend (1924), Saint Florian (250), and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria (1746).
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 100
1930 - 2014
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 101
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 102
1864 - 1921
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 103
1928 - 2000
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 104
1643 - 1690
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 105
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 106
1906 - 1980
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 107
1892 - 1934
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 108
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 109
1924 - 1994
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 110
250 - 304
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 111
1746 - 1804
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 112
Among composers born in Austria, Josef Strauss ranks 13. Before him are Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Anton Webern (1883), Carl Czerny (1791), Alban Berg (1885), Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), and Alma Mahler (1879). After him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Eduard Strauss (1835), Michael Haydn (1737), Ludwig Minkus (1826), and Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871).
1874 - 1951
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 7
1883 - 1945
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 8
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 9
1885 - 1935
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 10
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 11
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 12
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 13
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 14
1720 - 1778
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 15
1835 - 1916
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 16
1737 - 1806
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 17
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 18
1871 - 1942
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 19