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Grock

1880 - 1959

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Grock (born Charles Adrien Wettach; 10 January 1880 – 14 July 1959) was a Swiss clown. Called "the king of clowns" and "the greatest of Europe's clowns", Grock was once the most highly paid entertainer in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grock is the 446th most popular composer, the 172nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 169th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Grock ranks 446 out of 1,451. Before him are Vladimir Cosma, Agostino Steffani, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Giovanni Pacini, Hugo Riemann, and Miki Matsubara. After him are Johannes Tinctoris, Carl Loewe, John Blow, Antonio de Cabezón, Pierre de la Rue, and Bruno Maderna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Grock ranks 58. Before him are Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Alice Bailey, Nikolaj Velimirović, Jan Kubelík, and Margherita Sarfatti. After him are Elias, Duke of Parma, Alfred Einstein, Hajime Sugiyama, Mikhail Tomsky, Ida Dalser, and Mitsumasa Yonai. Among people deceased in 1959, Grock ranks 48. Before him are Sisavang Vong, Sidney Bechet, Rudolf Caracciola, Olga Knipper, Barthélemy Boganda, and Zhang Jinghui. After him are Elias, Duke of Parma, Edvard Eriksen, Hitoshi Ashida, Ethel Barrymore, George Albert Smith, and George Antheil.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Grock ranks 172 out of 1,015. Before him are Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jaime, Duke of Madrid (1870), Emer de Vattel (1714), Peter Sauber (1943), Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1919), and Carlo Fontana (1638). After him are Notker the Stammerer (840), Charles Dutoit (1936), Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938), Alain Tanner (1929), Walter H. Schottky (1886), and Édouard Claparède (1873).

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Among COMPOSERS In Switzerland

Among composers born in Switzerland, Grock ranks 6. Before him are Siegfried Wagner (1869), Ernest Bloch (1880), Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Frank Martin (1890), and Ernest Ansermet (1883). After him are Joachim Raff (1822), Pancho Vladigerov (1899), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Heinz Holliger (1939), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), and Gottfried von Einem (1918).

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