Composer

Marin Marais

1656 - 1728

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Marin Marais

His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Marin Marais is the 152nd most popular composer (down from 139th in 2024), the 684th most popular biography from France (down from 654th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Composer.

Marin Marais is most famous for his compositions for the viola da gamba.

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Among Composers

Among composers, Marin Marais ranks 152 out of 1,451. Before him are Gregorio Allegri, Alfred Newman, Darius Milhaud, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Paul Dukas, and Christopher Hogwood. After him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, François-Joseph Gossec, Léonin, Ottorino Respighi, George Enescu, and César Cui.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Gregorio Allegri
1582 - 1652
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 146
Alfred Newman
1900 - 1970
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 147
Darius Milhaud
1892 - 1974
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 148
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
1791 - 1844
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 149
Paul Dukas
1865 - 1935
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 150
Christopher Hogwood
1941 - 2014
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 151
Marin Marais
1656 - 1728
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 152
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
1760 - 1836
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 153
François-Joseph Gossec
1734 - 1829
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 154
Léonin
1135 - 1201
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 155
Ottorino Respighi
1879 - 1936
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 156
George Enescu
1881 - 1955
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 157
César Cui
1835 - 1918
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 158

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1656, Marin Marais ranks 2. Before him is Edmond Halley. After him are Kateri Tekakwitha, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Guillaume Dubois, Robert de Cotte, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Ferdinand de Marsin. Among people deceased in 1728, Marin Marais ranks 2. Before him is Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia. After him are Anne Marie d'Orléans, Christian Thomasius, Agostino Steffani, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.

Others Born in 1656

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Edmond Halley
ASTRONOMER
1656 - 1742
HPI: 85.55
Rank: 1
Marin Marais
COMPOSER
1656 - 1728
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 2
Kateri Tekakwitha
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1656 - 1680
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 3
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark
PAINTER
1656 - 1693
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 4
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
ARCHITECT
1656 - 1723
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 5
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
BIOLOGIST
1656 - 1708
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 6
Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein
POLITICIAN
1656 - 1721
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 7
Nicolas de Largillière
PAINTER
1656 - 1746
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 8
Guillaume Dubois
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 9
Robert de Cotte
ARCHITECT
1656 - 1735
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 10
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
COMPOSER
1656 - 1746
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
Ferdinand de Marsin
POLITICIAN
1656 - 1706
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1728

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Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1708 - 1728
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 1
Marin Marais
COMPOSER
1656 - 1728
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 2
Anne Marie d'Orléans
POLITICIAN
1669 - 1728
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 3
Christian Thomasius
PHILOSOPHER
1655 - 1728
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 4
Agostino Steffani
COMPOSER
1654 - 1728
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 5
Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard
POLITICIAN
1652 - 1728
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 6
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg
NOBLEMAN
1693 - 1728
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 7
Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
POLITICIAN
1694 - 1728
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 8
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
ARCHITECT
1654 - 1728
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 9
Maria Aurora von Königsmarck
POLITICIAN
1662 - 1728
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 10
Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
COMPANION
1670 - 1728
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 11
William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
NOBLEMAN
1662 - 1728
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 12