1711 - 1779
William Boyce (baptised 11 September 1711 – 7 February 1779) was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Boyce has received more than 23,330 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. William Boyce is the 616th most popular composer (down from 371st in 2019), the 1,762nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,108th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Composer.
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Among composers, William Boyce ranks 616 out of 1,216. Before him are Antoine François Marmontel, Basil Poledouris, Andreas Werckmeister, Johann Kirnberger, Franz Abt, and Pasquale Anfossi. After him are Felip Pedrell, Francesco Canova da Milano, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Claude Goudimel, Ciprian Porumbescu, and Léon Boëllmann.
1816 - 1898
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 610
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 611
1645 - 1706
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 612
1721 - 1783
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 613
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 614
1727 - 1797
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 615
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 616
1841 - 1922
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 617
1497 - 1543
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 618
1545 - 1607
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 619
1514 - 1572
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 620
1853 - 1883
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 621
1862 - 1897
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 622
Among people born in 1711, William Boyce ranks 14. Before him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Ablai Khan, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg. After him are Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Thomas Wright, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, and Ignaz Holzbauer. Among people deceased in 1779, William Boyce ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Chippendale, Karim Khan Zand, John Kay, Casimir Pulaski, David Garrick, and Tommaso Traetta. After him are Louis de Jaucourt, Pehr Kalm, Alessandro Albani, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Claude Bourgelat, and Johannes Burman.
1711 - 1794
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 8
1711 - 1780
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 9
1711 - 1741
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 10
1711 - 1781
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 11
1711 - 1753
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 12
1711 - 1785
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 13
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 14
1711 - 1786
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 15
1711 - 1772
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 16
1711 - 1763
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 17
1711 - 1786
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 18
1711 - 1786
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 19
1711 - 1783
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 20
1718 - 1779
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 5
1705 - 1779
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 6
1704 - 1779
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 7
1745 - 1779
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 8
1717 - 1779
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 9
1727 - 1779
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 10
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 11
1704 - 1779
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 12
1716 - 1779
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 13
1692 - 1779
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 14
1760 - 1779
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 15
1712 - 1779
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 16
1707 - 1779
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 1,762 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Blake (1599), The Edge (1961), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Anthony Dawson (1916), Nick Simper (1945), and Pasquale Anfossi (1727). After him are John Gould (1804), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Edith Tolkien (1889), George Whitefield (1714), Peter Capaldi (1958), and Jack W. Szostak (1952).
1599 - 1657
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 1,756
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 1,757
1738 - 1809
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 1,758
1916 - 1992
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,759
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,760
1727 - 1797
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,761
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,762
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,763
1868 - 1956
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 1,764
1889 - 1971
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 1,765
1714 - 1770
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1,766
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 1,767
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 1,768
Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Boyce ranks 24. Before him are Thomas Arne (1710), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), Ethel Smyth (1858), John Blow (1649), Orlando Gibbons (1583), and Pasquale Anfossi (1727). After him are Malcolm Arnold (1921), Arthur Sullivan (1842), John Taverner (1490), John Bull (1562), Frank Bridge (1879), and Rebecca Clarke (1886).
1710 - 1778
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 18
1674 - 1707
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 19
1858 - 1944
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 20
1649 - 1708
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 21
1583 - 1625
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 22
1727 - 1797
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 23
1711 - 1779
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 24
1921 - 2006
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 25
1842 - 1900
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 26
1490 - 1545
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 27
1562 - 1628
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 28
1879 - 1941
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 29
1886 - 1979
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 30