1905 - 1969
Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian composer who emigrated to France. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Kosma has received more than 197,453 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Joseph Kosma is the 373rd most popular composer (up from 439th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 166th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Composer.
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Among composers, Joseph Kosma ranks 373 out of 1,216. Before him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Johann Schein, Martin Agricola, Rodion Shchedrin, Hans Richter, and Francesco Gasparini. After him are Alfredo Catalani, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Georg Benda, Stephen Sondheim, Carl Heinrich Graun, and Mauricio Kagel.
1806 - 1826
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 367
1586 - 1630
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 368
1486 - 1556
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 369
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 370
1843 - 1916
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 371
1668 - 1727
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 372
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 373
1854 - 1893
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 374
1689 - 1755
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 375
1722 - 1795
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 376
1930 - 2021
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 377
1704 - 1759
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 378
1931 - 2008
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 379
Among people born in 1905, Joseph Kosma ranks 69. Before him are Dhyan Chand, James J. Braddock, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Erika Mann, Pierre Levegh, and Wolfram Sievers. After him are Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Erich Naumann, Eugen Fink, Gareth Jones, André Jolivet, and Clara Bow. Among people deceased in 1969, Joseph Kosma ranks 52. Before him are Li Zongren, Prince Konrad of Bavaria, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Enrique Ballestrero, René Barrientos, and Erika Mann. After him are Leo McCarey, Ernest Ansermet, Dragiša Cvetković, Wilhelm Backhaus, Frederic Bartlett, and Korney Chukovsky.
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 63
1905 - 1974
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 64
1905 - 1985
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 65
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 66
1905 - 1955
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 67
1905 - 1948
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 68
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 69
1905 - 1981
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 70
1905 - 1951
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 71
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 72
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 73
1905 - 1974
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 74
1905 - 1965
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 75
1890 - 1969
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 46
1883 - 1969
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 47
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 48
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 49
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 50
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 51
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 52
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 53
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 54
1893 - 1969
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 55
1884 - 1969
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 56
1886 - 1969
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 57
1882 - 1969
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 58
Among people born in Hungary, Joseph Kosma ranks 152 out of 866. Before him are Yolanda of Poland (1235), Aladár Gerevich (1910), Hans Richter (1843), Charles Simonyi (1948), Ferenc Deák (1803), and Taksony of Hungary (931). After him are Edgar Ætheling (1051), Béla Balázs (1884), Ludwig von Benedek (1804), Gyula Horn (1932), Árpád Göncz (1922), and Mihály Zichy (1827).
1235 - 1298
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 146
1910 - 1991
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 147
1843 - 1916
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 148
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 149
1803 - 1876
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 150
931 - 972
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 151
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 152
1051 - 1200
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 153
1884 - 1949
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 154
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 155
1932 - 2013
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 156
1922 - 2015
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 157
1827 - 1906
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 158
Among composers born in Hungary, Joseph Kosma ranks 5. Before him are Zoltán Kodály (1882), Emmerich Kálmán (1882), Miklós Rózsa (1907), and Hans Richter (1843). After him are Karl Goldmark (1830), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Dora Pejačević (1885), Joseph Szigeti (1892), and Leó Weiner (1885).
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 1
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 3
1843 - 1916
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 4
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 5
1830 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 6
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7
1810 - 1893
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1797 - 1862
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 9
1885 - 1923
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 11
1885 - 1960
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 12