






The Most Famous
Composers from Latvia
Top 8 Latvian Composers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvians Composers of all time. This list of famous Latvians Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1

Pēteris Vasks
b. 1946
HPI 64.4127 langsLatvian composer (born 1946)
- #2

Raimonds Pauls
b. 1936
HPI 63.8628 langsSoviet and Latvian composer and pianist; Minister of culture of Latvia from 1988 to 1993
- #3

Balys Dvarionas
1904 - 1972
HPI 58.2716 langsLithuanian musician (1904-1972)
- #4

Jāzeps Vītols
1863 - 1948
HPI 58.0321 langsLatvian composer
- #5

Jānis Ivanovs
1906 - 1983
HPI 57.1017 langsLatvian composer (1906-1983)
- #6

Alfrēds Kalniņš
1879 - 1951
HPI 55.0217 langsLatvian musician (1879-1951)
- #7

Emīls Dārziņš
1875 - 1910
HPI 52.0815 langsLatvian composer (1875–1910)
- #8

Ēriks Ešenvalds
b. 1977
HPI 45.6319 langsLatvian choral composer (born 1977)
Overlapping Lives
Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.
