1955 - Today
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 988,400 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Simon Rattle is the 30th most popular conductor (up from 32nd in 2019), the 1,347th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,462nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Conductor.
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Among conductors, Simon Rattle ranks 30 out of 97. Before him are Hans Knappertsbusch, Eugen Jochum, Charles Dutoit, John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, and John Eliot Gardiner. After him are Franz Danzi, James Levine, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Fritz Reiner, George Szell, and Leif Segerstam.
1888 - 1965
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 24
1902 - 1987
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 25
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 26
1854 - 1932
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 27
1874 - 1951
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 28
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 29
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 30
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 31
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 32
1946 - 2001
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 33
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 34
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 35
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1955, Simon Rattle ranks 81. Before him are Béla Tarr, Avram Grant, Toninho Cerezo, Tanya Roberts, Meles Zenawi, and Verónica Forqué. After him are Adem Jashari, Iman, Miguel Ferrer, Matthias Jabs, Maria Shriver, and Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 75
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 76
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 77
1955 - 2021
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 78
1955 - 2012
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 79
1955 - 2021
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 80
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 81
1955 - 1998
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 82
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 83
1955 - 2017
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 84
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 85
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 86
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 87
Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Rattle ranks 1,347 out of 7,765. Before him are Edmund Kean (1787), John Austin (1790), Timothy Spall (1957), John Gay (1685), William McDougall (1871), and Joseph Addison (1672). After him are Claire Forlani (1971), Alma Reville (1899), David Hartley (1705), Harry Gregg (1932), R. G. Collingwood (1889), and Dave Evans (1953).
1787 - 1833
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,341
1790 - 1859
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 1,342
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,343
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,344
1871 - 1938
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,345
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,346
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,347
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,348
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,349
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,350
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 1,351
1889 - 1943
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,352
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 1,353
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), Colin Davis (1927), Thomas Beecham (1879), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Henry Wood (1869), Adrian Boult (1889), Antonio Pappano (1959), John Pritchard (1921), and Malcolm Sargent (1895).
1882 - 1977
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 3
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 4
1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 5
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 6
1943 - 2017
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 7
1869 - 1944
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 8
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 10
1921 - 1989
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 11
1895 - 1967
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 12