Composer

Nicola Porpora

Italian composer

1686 - 1768

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Nicola Porpora

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicola Porpora is the 143rd most popular composer (up from 221st in 2024), the 716th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,045th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Composer.

Nicola Porpora is most famous for being a composer of opera in the 18th century.

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Among Composers

Among composers, Nicola Porpora ranks 143 out of 1,451. Before him are Édouard Lalo, John Field, Franz von Suppé, Sofia Gubaidulina, Pérotin, and Giovanni Paisiello. After him are André Grétry, Johannes Ockeghem, Gregorio Allegri, Alfred Newman, Darius Milhaud, and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Édouard Lalo
1823 - 1892
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 137
John Field
1782 - 1837
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 138
Franz von Suppé
1819 - 1895
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 139
Sofia Gubaidulina
1931 - 2025
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 140
Pérotin
1160 - 1230
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 141
Giovanni Paisiello
1740 - 1816
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 142
Nicola Porpora
1686 - 1768
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 143
André Grétry
1741 - 1813
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 144
Johannes Ockeghem
1410 - 1497
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 145
Gregorio Allegri
1582 - 1652
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 146
Alfred Newman
1900 - 1970
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 147
Darius Milhaud
1892 - 1974
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 148
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
1791 - 1844
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 149

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Nicola Porpora ranks 2. Before him is Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit. After him are Hans Egede, Benedetto Marcello, Charles, Duke of Berry, Senesino, Hakuin Ekaku, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Vasily Tatishchev, Antoine de Jussieu, and Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz. Among people deceased in 1768, Nicola Porpora ranks 4. Before him are Canaletto, Marie Leszczyńska, and Johann Joachim Winckelmann. After him are Laurence Sterne, Georg Brandt, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe.

Others Born in 1686

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
PHYSICIST
1686 - 1736
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 1
Nicola Porpora
COMPOSER
1686 - 1768
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 2
Hans Egede
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1686 - 1758
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 3
Benedetto Marcello
COMPOSER
1686 - 1739
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 4
Charles, Duke of Berry
POLITICIAN
1686 - 1714
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 5
Senesino
SINGER
1686 - 1758
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 6
Hakuin Ekaku
PHILOSOPHER
1686 - 1769
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 7
Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
POLITICIAN
1686 - 1752
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 8
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
PAINTER
1686 - 1755
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 9
Vasily Tatishchev
EXPLORER
1686 - 1750
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 10
Antoine de Jussieu
BIOLOGIST
1686 - 1758
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 11
Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz
NOBLEMAN
1686 - 1755
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1768

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Canaletto
PAINTER
1697 - 1768
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 1
Marie Leszczyńska
COMPANION
1703 - 1768
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 2
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
HISTORIAN
1717 - 1768
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 3
Nicola Porpora
COMPOSER
1686 - 1768
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 4
Laurence Sterne
WRITER
1713 - 1768
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 5
Georg Brandt
CHEMIST
1694 - 1768
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 6
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
ASTRONOMER
1688 - 1768
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 7
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1768
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 8
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
PHILOSOPHER
1694 - 1768
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 9
Francesco Maria Veracini
COMPOSER
1690 - 1768
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 10
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1691 - 1768
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 11
Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe
POLITICIAN
1747 - 1768
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 12