1743 - 1805
Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also US: , Italian: [riˈdɔlfo luˈiːdʒi bokkeˈriːni] ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. He is best known for a minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Boccherini has received more than 681,616 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Luigi Boccherini is the 82nd most popular composer (down from 81st in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from Italy (down from 304th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Composer.
Luigi Boccherini is most famous for being a composer of the classical era. He was born in 1743 and died in 1805. He is most famous for composing string quartets, symphonies, and other instrumental pieces.
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Among composers, Luigi Boccherini ranks 82 out of 1,216. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Lehár, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, and Hans Zimmer. After him are César Franck, Leoš Janáček, Alban Berg, Olivier Messiaen, François Couperin, and John Cage.
1637 - 1707
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 76
1845 - 1924
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 77
1870 - 1948
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 78
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 79
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 80
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 81
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 82
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 83
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 84
1885 - 1935
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 85
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 86
1668 - 1733
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 87
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1743, Luigi Boccherini ranks 5. Before him are Thomas Jefferson, Antoine Lavoisier, Jean-Paul Marat, and Madame du Barry. After him are Alessandro Cagliostro, Marquis de Condorcet, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, Toussaint Louverture, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Carl Peter Thunberg. Among people deceased in 1805, Luigi Boccherini ranks 3. Before him are Friedrich Schiller and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson. After him are Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Claude Chappe, Isabelle de Charrière, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Mihrişah Sultan, and Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron.
1743 - 1826
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 1
1743 - 1794
HPI: 81.80
Rank: 2
1743 - 1793
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 3
1743 - 1793
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 4
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 5
1743 - 1795
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 6
1743 - 1794
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 7
1743 - 1808
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 8
1743 - 1803
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 9
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 10
1743 - 1819
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 11
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 12
1759 - 1805
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 1
1758 - 1805
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 2
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 3
1725 - 1805
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 4
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 5
1763 - 1805
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 6
1740 - 1805
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 7
1753 - 1805
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 8
1756 - 1805
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 9
1751 - 1805
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 10
1745 - 1805
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 11
1731 - 1805
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Luigi Boccherini ranks 348 out of 4,668. Before him are Cesare Maldini (1932), Pope Linus (1), Antipope John XXIII (1370), Longinus (100), Pope Honorius IV (1210), and Pope John X (860). After him are Pope Julius I (300), Pope Gregory X (1210), Carlo Goldoni (1707), Pope Boniface I (370), Ancus Marcius (-675), and Gordian III (225).
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 342
1 - 79
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 343
1370 - 1419
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 344
100 - 100
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 345
1210 - 1287
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 346
860 - 929
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 347
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 348
300 - 352
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 349
1210 - 1276
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 350
1707 - 1793
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 351
370 - 422
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 352
675 BC - 616 BC
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 353
225 - 244
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 354
Among composers born in Italy, Luigi Boccherini ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), and Nino Rota (1911). After him are Pietro Mascagni (1863), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Jacopo Peri (1561), Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857), and Muzio Clementi (1752).
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 11
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 12
1801 - 1835
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 13
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 14
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 15
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 16
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 17
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 18
1760 - 1842
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 19
1566 - 1613
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 20
1561 - 1633
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 21
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 22
1752 - 1832
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 23