1879 - 1961
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 1879 – 8 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with the Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Beecham has received more than 403,666 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Thomas Beecham is the 56th most popular conductor (down from 48th in 2019), the 2,100th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,990th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Conductor.
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Among conductors, Thomas Beecham ranks 56 out of 97. Before him are Kurt Sanderling, Karel Ančerl, Victor de Sabata, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Marek Janowski, and Günter Wand. After him are Karl Muck, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Iván Fischer, Ferdinand Leitner, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and Joseph Keilberth.
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 51
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 52
1928 - 2002
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 53
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 54
1912 - 2002
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 55
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 56
1859 - 1940
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 57
1933 - 2014
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 58
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 59
1912 - 1996
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 60
1923 - 2017
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 61
1908 - 1968
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 62
Among people born in 1879, Thomas Beecham ranks 101. Before him are Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Othon Friesz, Josep Maria Jujol, Gorazd, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, and Rudolf Bauer. After him are Maud Menten, Alfred Abel, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, José Giral, Frank Bridge, and Pedro Aguirre Cerda. Among people deceased in 1961, Thomas Beecham ranks 71. Before him are Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Jeff Chandler, Hélène Dutrieu, Gustav Ucicky, Hubert Van Innis, and Anton Flettner. After him are H.D., Camille Guérin, Nicola Canali, Václav Talich, Edith Wilson, and Andrzej Munk.
1879 - 1945
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 95
1879 - 1949
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 96
1879 - 1949
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 97
1879 - 1942
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 98
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 99
1879 - 1932
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 100
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 101
1879 - 1960
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 102
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 103
1879 - 1962
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 104
1879 - 1962
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 105
1879 - 1941
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 106
1879 - 1941
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 107
1875 - 1961
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 65
1918 - 1961
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 66
1877 - 1961
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 67
1899 - 1961
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 68
1866 - 1961
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 69
1885 - 1961
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 70
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 71
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 72
1872 - 1961
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 73
1874 - 1961
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 74
1883 - 1961
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 75
1872 - 1961
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 76
1921 - 1961
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 77
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Beecham ranks 2,100 out of 7,765. Before him are James Dyson (1947), Mary Bell (1957), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), Joseph Lancaster (1778), John Thaw (1942), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529). After him are Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Albert Austin (1881), Paul Freeman (1943), David Gemmell (1948), Charles Galton Darwin (1887), and June Whitfield (1925).
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 2,094
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 2,095
1783 - 1810
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 2,096
1778 - 1838
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 2,097
1942 - 2002
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 2,098
1529 - 1610
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 2,099
1879 - 1961
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 2,100
1886 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 2,101
1881 - 1953
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 2,102
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 2,103
1948 - 2006
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 2,104
1887 - 1962
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2,105
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 2,106
Among conductors born in United Kingdom, Thomas Beecham ranks 6. Before him are Leopold Stokowski (1882), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Simon Rattle (1955), John Barbirolli (1899), and Colin Davis (1927). After him are 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