1826 - 1917
Ludwig Minkus (Russian: Людвиг Минкус), also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (23 March 1826, Vienna – 7 December 1917, Vienna), was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violinist and teacher of music. Minkus is noted for the music he composed during his career in St. Petersburg, Russia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Minkus has received more than 206,012 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ludwig Minkus is the 192nd most popular composer (up from 201st in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Austria (up from 194th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Austrian Composer.
Ludwig Minkus is most famous for being a composer of ballet music.
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Among composers, Ludwig Minkus ranks 192 out of 1,216. Before him are Howard Shore, Siegfried Wagner, Luciano Berio, Louis Spohr, Max Reger, and Johann Joachim Quantz. After him are Samuel Barber, Michael Praetorius, Jordi Savall, Philippe de Vitry, Gilles Binchois, and Francesco Landini.
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 186
1869 - 1930
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 187
1925 - 2003
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 188
1784 - 1859
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 189
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 190
1697 - 1773
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 191
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 192
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 193
1571 - 1621
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 194
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 195
1291 - 1361
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 196
1400 - 1460
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 197
1325 - 1397
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 198
Among people born in 1826, Ludwig Minkus ranks 6. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Carlo Collodi, Eugénie de Montijo, Gustave Moreau, and Charles XV of Sweden. After him are Wilhelm Liebknecht, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Zénobe Gramme, and Frederic Edwin Church. Among people deceased in 1917, Ludwig Minkus ranks 18. Before him are Buffalo Bill, Emil Theodor Kocher, John William Waterhouse, Franz Brentano, Scott Joplin, and Dragutin Dimitrijević. After him are Ranavalona III, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Dadabhai Naoroji, Liliʻuokalani, Jean Gaston Darboux, and Radomir Putnik.
1826 - 1866
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 1
1826 - 1890
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 2
1826 - 1920
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 3
1826 - 1898
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 4
1826 - 1872
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 5
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 6
1826 - 1900
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 7
1826 - 1907
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
1826 - 1910
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 9
1826 - 1900
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 10
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 11
1826 - 1900
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 12
1841 - 1917
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 13
1849 - 1917
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 14
1838 - 1917
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 15
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 16
1876 - 1917
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 17
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 18
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 19
1853 - 1917
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 20
1825 - 1917
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 21
1838 - 1917
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 22
1842 - 1917
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 23
1847 - 1917
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 24
Among people born in Austria, Ludwig Minkus ranks 189 out of 1,237. Before him are Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Maria Theresa of Austria (1816), Alfred Schütz (1899), Maria Schell (1926), and Anna of Tyrol (1585). After him are Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Karl Böhm (1894), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745), and Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553).
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 183
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 184
1816 - 1867
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 185
1899 - 1959
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 186
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 187
1585 - 1618
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 188
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 189
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 190
1771 - 1820
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 191
1853 - 1938
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 192
1894 - 1981
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 193
1745 - 1761
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 194
1553 - 1595
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 195
Among composers born in Austria, Ludwig Minkus ranks 18. Before him are Alma Mahler (1879), Josef Strauss (1827), Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865), Anna Maria Mozart (1720), Eduard Strauss (1835), and Michael Haydn (1737). After him are Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871), Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766), Franz Xaver Gruber (1787), Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736), Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800).
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
1766 - 1803
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 20
1787 - 1863
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 21
1736 - 1809
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 22
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 23
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 24