1857 - 1919
Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (UK: LAY-on-kav-AL-oh, US: LAY-ohn-kə-VAH-loh, -kah-, Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro leˌoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he produced numerous operas and songs throughout his career it is his opera Pagliacci (1892) that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success. Today he remains largely known for Pagliacci, one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the opera repertory. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruggero Leoncavallo has received more than 320,501 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Ruggero Leoncavallo is the 97th most popular composer (down from 96th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 413th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Italian Composer.
Ruggero Leoncavallo is most famous for his opera "Pagliacci."
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Among composers, Ruggero Leoncavallo ranks 97 out of 1,216. Before him are Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Luigi Cherubini, Léo Delibes, Carlo Gesualdo, Jacopo Peri, and Arvo Pärt. After him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Paul Hindemith, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Guillaume Du Fay, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Benjamin Britten.
1791 - 1844
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 91
1760 - 1842
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 92
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 93
1566 - 1613
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 94
1561 - 1633
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 95
1935 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 96
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 97
1645 - 1704
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 98
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 99
1710 - 1784
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 100
1397 - 1474
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 101
1901 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 102
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 103
Among people born in 1857, Ruggero Leoncavallo ranks 15. Before him are Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Henrik Pontoppidan, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, William Howard Taft, Alfonso XII of Spain, and Alfred Binet. After him are Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Theo van Gogh, Thorstein Veblen, Ronald Ross, and Julius Wagner-Jauregg. Among people deceased in 1919, Ruggero Leoncavallo ranks 13. Before him are Karl Liebknecht, Alfred Werner, Emiliano Zapata, Gojong of Korea, John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, and Andrew Carnegie. After him are William Crookes, Carl Larsson, Yakov Sverdlov, Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia.
1857 - 1944
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 9
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 10
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 11
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 12
1857 - 1885
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 13
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 14
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 15
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
1857 - 1893
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 19
1857 - 1932
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 20
1857 - 1940
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 21
1871 - 1919
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 7
1866 - 1919
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 8
1879 - 1919
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 9
1852 - 1919
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 10
1842 - 1919
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 11
1835 - 1919
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 12
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 13
1832 - 1919
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 14
1853 - 1919
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 15
1885 - 1919
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 16
1842 - 1919
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 17
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 18
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 19
Among people born in Italy, Ruggero Leoncavallo ranks 452 out of 4,668. Before him are Queen Paola of Belgium (1937), Pope Honorius II (1100), Pope Anastasius III (890), Pope John IX (850), Dionysius I of Syracuse (-430), and Nero Claudius Drusus (-38). After him are Pope Sixtus III (390), Silvana Mangano (1930), Scipio Aemilianus (-185), Pope Leo II (611), Bohemond I of Antioch (1054), and Pope Adrian III (800).
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 446
1100 - 1130
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 447
890 - 913
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 448
850 - 900
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 449
430 BC - 366 BC
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 450
38 BC - 9 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 451
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 452
390 - 440
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 453
1930 - 1989
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 454
185 BC - 129 BC
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 455
611 - 683
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 456
1054 - 1111
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 457
800 - 885
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 458
Among composers born in Italy, Ruggero Leoncavallo ranks 22. Before him are Nino Rota (1911), Luigi Boccherini (1743), Pietro Mascagni (1863), Luigi Cherubini (1760), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), and Jacopo Peri (1561). After him are Muzio Clementi (1752), Giulio Caccini (1551), Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557), Domenico Cimarosa (1749), and Gregorio Allegri (1582).
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
1551 - 1618
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 24
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 25
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 26
1749 - 1801
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 27
1582 - 1652
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28