1906 - 1983
Jānis Ivanovs (9 October 1906 – 27 March 1983) was a Latvian composer whose later career took place in the Soviet Union. In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, becoming a full professor in 1955. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jānis Ivanovs has received more than 33,136 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jānis Ivanovs is the 1,070th most popular composer (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Latvia (down from 116th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Latvian Composer.
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Among composers, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 1,070 out of 1,216. Before him are Roger Sessions, Charles Avison, Tristan Murail, Koji Kondo, William Christie, and Nikolaos Mantzaros. After him are Toivo Kuula, Julius Benedict, Édouard Colonne, Kalevi Aho, Louise Bertin, and František Škroup.
1896 - 1985
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 1,064
1709 - 1770
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 1,065
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 1,066
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 1,067
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,068
1795 - 1872
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 1,069
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 1,070
1883 - 1918
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 1,071
1804 - 1885
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 1,072
1838 - 1910
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 1,073
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 1,074
1805 - 1877
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 1,075
1801 - 1862
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 1,076
Among people born in 1906, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 240. Before him are Abdylas Maldybaev, Rudolf Krčil, Zoltan Sarosy, Prithviraj Kapoor, Karl Sesta, and Axel Cadier. After him are Vilmos Kohut, Hermione Baddeley, Harri Larva, Jaroslav Burgr, Lon Chaney Jr., and Alexander Moyzes. Among people deceased in 1983, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 151. Before him are Oddbjørn Hagen, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Otto Heckmann, Gunnar Thoroddsen, James Jamerson, and Neil Ritchie. After him are Gyula Lázár, Adrian Boult, José Iraragorri, Nina Dumbadze, Mordecai Kaplan, and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev.
1906 - 1978
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 234
1906 - 1981
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 235
1906 - 2017
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 236
1906 - 1972
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 237
1906 - 1974
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 238
1906 - 1974
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 239
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 240
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 241
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 242
1906 - 1980
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 243
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 244
1906 - 1973
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 245
1906 - 1984
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 246
1908 - 1983
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 145
1928 - 1983
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 146
1901 - 1983
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 147
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 148
1936 - 1983
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 149
1897 - 1983
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 150
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 151
1911 - 1983
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 152
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 153
1912 - 1983
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 154
1919 - 1983
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 155
1881 - 1983
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 156
1908 - 1983
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 157
Among people born in Latvia, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 121 out of 284. Before him are Elīna Garanča (1976), Heinz Erhardt (1909), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Jānis Krūmiņš (1930), Lūcija Garūta (1902), and Jānis Daliņš (1904). After him are Eliyahu Rips (1948), Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Regīna Ezera (1930), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and Andris Bērziņš (1951).
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 115
1909 - 1979
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 116
1948 - 2017
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 117
1930 - 1994
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 118
1902 - 1977
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 119
1904 - 1978
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 120
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 121
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 122
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 123
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 124
1930 - 2002
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 125
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 126
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 127
Among composers born in Latvia, Jānis Ivanovs ranks 5. Before him are Pēteris Vasks (1946), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), and Balys Dvarionas (1904). After him are Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879) and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 2
1863 - 1948
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 4
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 6
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.68
Rank: 7