CONDUCTOR

Simon Rattle

1955 - Today

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Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is a British conductor with German citizenship. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic from 2002 to 2018, and music director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2017 to 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Rattle has received more than 1,048,021 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Simon Rattle is the 37th most popular conductor (down from 30th in 2019), the 1,557th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,343rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Conductor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Simon Rattle ranks 37 out of 128. Before him are George Szell, John Eliot Gardiner, Leif Segerstam, Václav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, and Eliahu Inbal. After him are John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Riccardo Chailly, and John Barbirolli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Simon Rattle ranks 109. Before him are David Julius, Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Xander Berkeley, Thomas C. Südhof, Peter Gallagher, and Miguel Ferrer. After him are Vladimir Petrović, Eric Schmidt, Siri Hustvedt, Brigitte Lahaie, Mariya Takeuchi, and Zbigniew Preisner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Rattle ranks 1,557 out of 8,785. Before him are John Maynard Smith (1920), Dick Taylor (1943), Willehad (735), Eglantyne Jebb (1876), David Purley (1945), and N. R. Pogson (1829). After him are Philip Kerr (1956), Clive Barker (1952), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Edward L. G. Bowell (1943), Bear Grylls (1974), and George Bentham (1800).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United Kingdom

Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Simon Rattle ranks 3. Before him are Leopold Stokowski (1882), and John Eliot Gardiner (1943). After him are John Barbirolli (1899), Thomas Beecham (1879), Colin Davis (1927), Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Adrian Boult (1889), Antonio Pappano (1959), Henry Wood (1869), and Raymond Leppard (1927).

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