1770 - 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. Beethoven's career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig van Beethoven has received more than 23,542,330 page views. His biography is available in 199 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 194 in 2019). Ludwig van Beethoven is the most popular composer, the most popular biography from Germany and the most popular German Composer.
Ludwig van Beethoven is most famous for his compositions of symphonies, sonatas, and concertos.
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Among composers, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1 out of 1,216. After him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frédéric Chopin, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, George Frideric Handel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Johannes Brahms.
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1756 - 1791
HPI: 93.63
Rank: 2
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 3
1810 - 1849
HPI: 88.83
Rank: 4
1678 - 1741
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 5
1813 - 1901
HPI: 86.57
Rank: 6
1797 - 1828
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 7
1732 - 1809
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 8
1813 - 1883
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 9
1685 - 1759
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 10
1840 - 1893
HPI: 83.33
Rank: 11
1833 - 1897
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1. After him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Frederick William III of Prussia, Friedrich Hölderlin, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Louis-Nicolas Davout, William Wordsworth, François Gérard, Anton Reicha, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Princess Carolina of Parma, and Louis-Gabriel Suchet. Among people deceased in 1827, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1. After him are Alessandro Volta, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, William Blake, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Wilhelm Hauff, Samuel Crompton, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ugo Foscolo, and Ernst Chladni.
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1770 - 1831
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
1770 - 1840
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 3
1770 - 1843
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 4
1770 - 1844
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 5
1770 - 1823
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 6
1770 - 1850
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 7
1770 - 1837
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 8
1770 - 1836
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 9
1770 - 1861
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 10
1770 - 1804
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 11
1770 - 1826
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 12
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1745 - 1827
HPI: 83.08
Rank: 2
1749 - 1827
HPI: 77.98
Rank: 3
1746 - 1827
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 4
1757 - 1827
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 5
1788 - 1827
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 7
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 8
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 9
1767 - 1827
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 10
1778 - 1827
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 11
1756 - 1827
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1 out of 6,142. After him are Albert Einstein (1879), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Charlemagne (748), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johannes Kepler (1571), and Otto von Bismarck (1815).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1879 - 1955
HPI: 93.06
Rank: 2
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 3
1483 - 1546
HPI: 92.12
Rank: 4
1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
Rank: 5
748 - 814
HPI: 89.46
Rank: 6
1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
Rank: 7
1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.78
Rank: 8
1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 9
1777 - 1855
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 10
1571 - 1630
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 11
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
Rank: 12
Among composers born in Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven ranks 1. After him are Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Richard Wagner (1813), George Frideric Handel (1685), Johannes Brahms (1833), Robert Schumann (1810), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), Jacques Offenbach (1819), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Richard Strauss (1864), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), and Carl Orff (1895).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
Rank: 2
1813 - 1883
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 3
1685 - 1759
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 4
1833 - 1897
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 5
1810 - 1856
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 6
1809 - 1847
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 7
1819 - 1880
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 8
1714 - 1787
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 9
1864 - 1949
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 10
1786 - 1826
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 11
1895 - 1982
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 12