1844 - 1908
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov has received more than 1,965,642 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is the 43rd most popular composer (down from 37th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Russia (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Composer.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is most famous for his operas, symphonies, and orchestral suites.
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Among composers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 43 out of 1,216. Before him are Johann Strauss I, Modest Mussorgsky, Jean Sibelius, Béla Bartók, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Guido of Arezzo. After him are Gaetano Donizetti, Tomaso Albinoni, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Carl Maria von Weber, Erik Satie, and Anton Bruckner.
1804 - 1849
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 37
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 38
1865 - 1957
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 39
1881 - 1945
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 40
1835 - 1921
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 41
991 - 1050
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 42
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 43
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 44
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 45
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 46
1786 - 1826
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 47
1866 - 1925
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 48
1824 - 1896
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 49
Among people born in 1844, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 7. Before him are Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Benz, Sarah Bernhardt, Mehmed V, Anatole France, and Paul Verlaine. After him are Ilya Repin, Bernadette Soubirous, Henri Rousseau, Ludwig Boltzmann, Peter I of Serbia, and Umberto I of Italy. Among people deceased in 1908, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 3. Before him are Henri Becquerel and Empress Dowager Cixi. After him are Guangxu Emperor, Randal Cremer, Grover Cleveland, Pablo de Sarasate, Edmondo De Amicis, Carlos I of Portugal, Demetrius Vikelas, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Pat Garrett.
1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 1
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 2
1844 - 1923
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 3
1844 - 1918
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 4
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 5
1844 - 1896
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 6
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 7
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 8
1844 - 1879
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 9
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 10
1844 - 1906
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 11
1844 - 1921
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 12
1844 - 1900
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 13
1852 - 1908
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 1
1835 - 1908
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 2
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 3
1871 - 1908
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 4
1828 - 1908
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 5
1837 - 1908
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 6
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 7
1846 - 1908
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 8
1863 - 1908
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 9
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 10
1835 - 1908
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 11
1850 - 1908
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 48 out of 3,262. Before him are Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), Boris Pasternak (1890), Yul Brynner (1920), Vladimir Nabokov (1899), and E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776). After him are Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), David Hilbert (1862), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Vladimir the Great (958), Boris Godunov (1552), and Sergey Lavrov (1950).
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 42
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 43
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 44
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 45
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 46
1776 - 1822
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 47
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 48
1627 - 1683
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 49
1862 - 1943
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 50
1895 - 1918
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 51
958 - 1015
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 52
1552 - 1605
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 53
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 54
Among composers born in Russia, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ranks 6. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), and Modest Mussorgsky (1839). After him are Alexander Scriabin (1871), Alexander Borodin (1833), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883).
1840 - 1893
HPI: 83.33
Rank: 1
1882 - 1971
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 2
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 3
1873 - 1943
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 4
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 5
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 6
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 7
1833 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 8
1804 - 1857
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 9
1837 - 1910
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 10
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 11
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 12