1859 - 1924
Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I. He was also prominent among the Tin Pan Alley composers and was later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Herbert has received more than 231,080 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Victor Herbert is the 1,132nd most popular composer (down from 926th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 201st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Composer.
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Among composers, Victor Herbert ranks 1,132 out of 1,228. Before him are Pascal Dusapin, R. D. Burman, Christopher Young, Hamilton Harty, Vicente Amigo, and George Bruns. After him are Virgil Thomson, Joseph Lamb, Sanja Ilić, Mark Mancina, Brian Tyler, and Roy Harris.
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,126
1939 - 1994
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,127
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,128
1879 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 1,129
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,130
1914 - 1983
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,131
1859 - 1924
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,132
1896 - 1989
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 1,133
1887 - 1960
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 1,134
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 1,135
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 1,136
1972 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 1,137
1898 - 1979
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,138
Among people born in 1859, Victor Herbert ranks 113. Before him are Cass Gilbert, Alfredo Baquerizo, Juan Campisteguy, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Juan Antonio Escurra. After him are Alice Eastwood and Anna Palm de Rosa. Among people deceased in 1924, Victor Herbert ranks 101. Before him are Florence Harding, Sándor Bródy, Kazimieras Būga, Stan Rowley, Conrad Magnusson, and Archibald Geikie. After him are Louis Perrée, Henry Cabot Lodge, Louise Rayner, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, and Anna Palm de Rosa.
1859 - 1934
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 107
1859 - 1951
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 108
1859 - 1937
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 109
1859 - 1935
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 110
1859 - 1947
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 111
1859 - 1929
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 112
1859 - 1924
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 113
1859 - 1953
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 114
1859 - 1924
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 115
1860 - 1924
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 95
1863 - 1924
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 96
1879 - 1924
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 97
1876 - 1924
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 98
1874 - 1924
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 99
1835 - 1924
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 100
1859 - 1924
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 101
1871 - 1924
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 102
1850 - 1924
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 103
1832 - 1924
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 104
1863 - 1924
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 105
1859 - 1924
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 106
Among people born in Ireland, Victor Herbert ranks 254 out of 460. Before him are Cecelia Ahern (1981), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Tim Ahearne (1885), Ronan Keating (1977), Michael McElhatton (1963), and Margaret Mazzantini (1961). After him are William Desmond Taylor (1872), Charles Haughey (1925), Joshua Pim (1869), Robert Sheehan (1988), Desmond Connell (1926), and Con Leahy (1876).
1981 - Present
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 248
1865 - 1922
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 249
1885 - 1968
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 250
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 251
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 252
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 253
1859 - 1924
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 254
1872 - 1922
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 255
1925 - 2006
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 256
1869 - 1942
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 257
1988 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 258
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 259
1876 - 1921
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 260
Among composers born in Ireland, Victor Herbert ranks 5. Before him are John Field (1782), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), and Michael William Balfe (1808).
1782 - 1837
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 1
1852 - 1924
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 2
1670 - 1738
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 3
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 4
1859 - 1924
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 5