1932 - 2019
Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Legrand has received more than 1,121,846 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Legrand is the 139th most popular composer (up from 147th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from France (up from 639th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Composer.
Michel Legrand is a French composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. He is most famous for his film scores, including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Young Girls of Rochefort.
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Among composers, Michel Legrand ranks 139 out of 1,216. Before him are Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Iannis Xenakis, César Cui, Emmerich Kálmán, Pierre Boulez, and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. After him are Léonin, Fanny Mendelssohn, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Anna Maria Mozart, Gregorio Allegri, and Daniel Auber.
1865 - 1950
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 133
1922 - 2001
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 134
1835 - 1918
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 135
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 136
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 137
1732 - 1795
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 138
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 139
1135 - 1201
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 140
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 141
1548 - 1611
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 142
1720 - 1778
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 143
1582 - 1652
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 144
1782 - 1871
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 145
Among people born in 1932, Michel Legrand ranks 28. Before him are Víctor Jara, Pat Morita, Raisa Gorbacheva, Gerhard Richter, Miriam Makeba, and Camilo Cienfuegos. After him are Anthony Perkins, François Englert, Carlos Saura, Donald Rumsfeld, Ted Kennedy, and Adolfo Suárez. Among people deceased in 2019, Michel Legrand ranks 23. Before him are Jeffrey Epstein, I. M. Pei, Immanuel Wallerstein, Kary Mullis, Marie Fredriksson, and Peter Fonda. After him are Doris Day, João Gilberto, Bibi Andersson, Murray Gell-Mann, Albert Finney, and Andrea Camilleri.
1932 - 1973
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 22
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 23
1932 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 25
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 26
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 27
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 28
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 29
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 30
1932 - 2023
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 31
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 32
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 33
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 34
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 17
1917 - 2019
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 18
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 19
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 20
1958 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 21
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 22
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 23
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 24
1931 - 2019
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 25
1935 - 2019
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 26
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 27
1936 - 2019
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 28
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 29
Among people born in France, Michel Legrand ranks 616 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre Bonnard (1867), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Francis Picabia (1879), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), and France Gall (1947). After him are Peter Waldo (1140), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Paul Claudel (1868), Hugh the Great (898), Léonin (1135), and Yolande de Polastron (1749).
1867 - 1947
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 610
1489 - 1537
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 611
1879 - 1953
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 612
1808 - 1855
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 613
1848 - 1922
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 614
1947 - 2018
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 615
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 616
1140 - 1205
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 617
1320 - 1380
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 618
1868 - 1955
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 619
898 - 956
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 620
1135 - 1201
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 621
1749 - 1793
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 622
Among composers born in France, Michel Legrand ranks 24. Before him are Adolphe Adam (1803), Arthur Honegger (1892), Pérotin (1160), Paul Dukas (1865), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Pierre Boulez (1925). After him are Léonin (1135), Daniel Auber (1782), Darius Milhaud (1892), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Édouard Lalo (1823), and Marin Marais (1656).
1803 - 1856
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 18
1892 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 19
1160 - 1230
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 20
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 21
1924 - 2009
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 22
1925 - 2016
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 23
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 24
1135 - 1201
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 25
1782 - 1871
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 26
1892 - 1974
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 27
1760 - 1836
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 28
1823 - 1892
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 29
1656 - 1728
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 30