1887 - 1951
Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his musicals and operettas, particularly The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926) and The New Moon (1928). Early in his career, Romberg was employed by the Shubert brothers to write music for their musicals and revues, including several vehicles for Al Jolson. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigmund Romberg has received more than 250,352 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sigmund Romberg is the 1,200th most popular composer (down from 1,134th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 526th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Hungarian Composer.
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Among composers, Sigmund Romberg ranks 1,200 out of 1,216. Before him are Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Henry Lawes, Valeri Brainin, Leigh Harline, Christian Wolff, and Sergei Slonimsky. After him are Spike Jones, Victor Herbert, Cláudio Santoro, Necil Kazım Akses, Thomas Campion, and Leonel Power.
1916 - 1968
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 1,194
1595 - 1662
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 1,195
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 1,196
1907 - 1969
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 1,197
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 1,198
1932 - 2020
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 1,199
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 1,200
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 1,201
1859 - 1924
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 1,202
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 1,203
1908 - 1999
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 1,204
1567 - 1620
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 1,205
1370 - 1445
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 1,206
Among people born in 1887, Sigmund Romberg ranks 217. Before him are Giorgio Zampori, Hedwig Kohn, Jacob L. Devers, Sid Kimpton, Samuel Eliot Morison, and Erich Hecke. After him are Emil Magnusson, Jerónimo Méndez, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Giuseppe Domenichelli, Emilio Lunghi, and Albert Paris Gütersloh. Among people deceased in 1951, Sigmund Romberg ranks 133. Before him are Will Keith Kellogg, Kim Myeong-sun, Jules Berry, Gunnar Lindström, Ernesto Ambrosini, and Yrjö Saarela. After him are Jacques Cariou, Edith Hannam, Harold Kitson, Vsevolod Vishnevsky, Alfredo Baquerizo, and John Sloan.
1887 - 1965
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 211
1887 - 1964
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 212
1887 - 1979
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 213
1887 - 1968
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 214
1887 - 1976
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 215
1887 - 1947
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 216
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 217
1887 - 1933
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 218
1887 - 1959
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 219
1887 - 1972
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 220
1887 - 1955
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 221
1887 - 1925
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 222
1887 - 1973
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 223
1860 - 1951
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 127
1896 - 1951
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 128
1883 - 1951
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 129
1896 - 1951
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 130
1894 - 1951
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 131
1884 - 1951
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 132
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 133
1870 - 1951
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 134
1878 - 1951
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 135
1874 - 1951
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 136
1900 - 1951
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 137
1859 - 1951
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 138
1871 - 1951
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 139
Among people born in Hungary, Sigmund Romberg ranks 554 out of 866. Before him are Ferenc Móra (1879), Ede Király (1926), Erzsébet Schaár (1905), Győző Forintos (1935), István Rózsavölgyi (1929), and Győző Kulcsár (1940). After him are Gyula Juhász (1883), Pál Várhidi (1931), Egon Orowan (1902), József Bajza (1804), József Sákovics (1927), and Stanley Jaki (1924).
1879 - 1934
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 548
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 549
1905 - 1975
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 550
1935 - 2018
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 551
1929 - 2012
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 552
1940 - 2018
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 553
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 554
1883 - 1937
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 555
1931 - 2015
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 556
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 557
1804 - 1858
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 558
1927 - 2009
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 559
1924 - 2009
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 560
Among composers born in Hungary, Sigmund Romberg ranks 15. Before him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Dora Pejačević (1885), Joseph Szigeti (1892), Leó Weiner (1885), Ferenc Farkas (1905), and István Kertész (1929).
1797 - 1862
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 9
1885 - 1923
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 11
1885 - 1960
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 12
1905 - 2000
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 13
1929 - 1973
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 14
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 15