COMPOSER

Jean Guillou

1930 - 2019

Jean Guillou

Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Principal Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely known as a composer of instrumental and vocal music focused on the organ, as an improviser, and as an adviser to organ builders. For several decades he held regular master classes in Zurich and in Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Guillou is the 1,106th most popular composer (down from 804th in 2019), the 4,209th most popular biography from France (down from 3,187th in 2019) and the 149th most popular French Composer.

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Among composers, Jean Guillou ranks 1,106 out of 1,451. Before him are Cyril Scott, Giovanni Maria Nanino, Karol Kurpiński, Leo Ornstein, Walter Braunfels, and Harald Sæverud. After him are Boris Papandopulo, Renzo Rossellini, Gottfried August Homilius, Emil Paur, Johanna Kinkel, and Koji Kondo.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Cyril Scott
1879 - 1970
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 1,100
Giovanni Maria Nanino
1544 - 1607
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 1,101
Karol Kurpiński
1785 - 1857
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,102
Leo Ornstein
1895 - 2002
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,103
Walter Braunfels
1882 - 1954
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,104
Harald Sæverud
1897 - 1992
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,105
Jean Guillou
1930 - 2019
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 1,106
Boris Papandopulo
1906 - 1991
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,107
Renzo Rossellini
1908 - 1982
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,108
Gottfried August Homilius
1714 - 1785
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,109
Emil Paur
1855 - 1932
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,110
Johanna Kinkel
1810 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,111
Koji Kondo
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,112

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jean Guillou ranks 380. Before him are Malcolm Fraser, FM-2030, Jacques Tits, Marco Pannella, Leonid Abalkin, and Giorgio Ghezzi. After him are William H. Dana, Edward Woodward, Kurt Nielsen, Jeannette Altwegg, Hank Mobley, and Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García. Among people deceased in 2019, Jean Guillou ranks 305. Before him are Charles Gérard, Omero Antonutti, Norma Croker, Alessandra Panaro, Charles Kittel, and Manfred Burgsmüller. After him are Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Tania Mallet, Dr. John, Christian Bach, Mark Zakharov, and Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio.

Others Born in 1930

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Malcolm Fraser
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2015
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 374
FM-2030
WRITER
1930 - 2000
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 375
Jacques Tits
MATHEMATICIAN
1930 - 2021
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 376
Marco Pannella
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2016
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 377
Leonid Abalkin
ECONOMIST
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 378
Giorgio Ghezzi
SOCCER PLAYER
1930 - 1990
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 379
Jean Guillou
COMPOSER
1930 - 2019
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 380
William H. Dana
ASTRONAUT
1930 - 2014
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 381
Edward Woodward
ACTOR
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 382
Kurt Nielsen
TENNIS PLAYER
1930 - 2011
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 383
Jeannette Altwegg
SKATER
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 384
Hank Mobley
MUSICIAN
1930 - 1986
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 385
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2009
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 386