1854 - 1928
Leoš Janáček (Czech pronunciation: [ˈlɛoʃ ˈjanaːtʃɛk] , 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic music, including Eastern European folk music, to create an original, modern musical style. Born in Hukvaldy, Janáček demonstrated musical talent at an early age and was educated in Brno, Prague, Leipzig, and Vienna. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leoš Janáček has received more than 796,956 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Leoš Janáček is the 84th most popular composer (up from 89th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 29th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Composer.
Leoš Janáček is most famous for his opera "Jenůfa" and his String Quartet No. 1.
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Among composers, Leoš Janáček ranks 84 out of 1,216. Before him are Franz Lehár, Carl Czerny, Nino Rota, Hans Zimmer, Luigi Boccherini, and César Franck. After him are Alban Berg, Olivier Messiaen, François Couperin, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, and Pietro Mascagni.
1870 - 1948
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 78
1791 - 1857
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 79
1911 - 1979
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 80
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 81
1743 - 1805
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 82
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 83
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 84
1885 - 1935
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 85
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 86
1668 - 1733
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 87
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 88
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 89
1863 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 90
Among people born in 1854, Leoš Janáček ranks 5. Before him are Oscar Wilde, Arthur Rimbaud, Pope Benedict XV, and Henri Poincaré. After him are Paul Ehrlich, Karl Kautsky, James George Frazer, Emil von Behring, Henri La Fontaine, Paul Sabatier, and George Eastman. Among people deceased in 1928, Leoš Janáček ranks 4. Before him are Roald Amundsen, Hendrik Lorentz, and Wilhelm Wien. After him are Maria Feodorovna, Max Scheler, Emmeline Pankhurst, Édouard-Henri Avril, Pyotr Wrangel, Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, and Franz Stuck.
1854 - 1900
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 1
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 2
1854 - 1922
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 3
1854 - 1912
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 5
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 6
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 7
1854 - 1941
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 8
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 9
1854 - 1943
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 10
1854 - 1941
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 11
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 12
1872 - 1928
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 1
1853 - 1928
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 2
1864 - 1928
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 3
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1847 - 1928
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 5
1874 - 1928
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 6
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 7
1849 - 1928
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 8
1878 - 1928
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 9
1868 - 1928
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 10
1867 - 1928
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 11
1863 - 1928
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 12
Among people born in Czechia, Leoš Janáček ranks 32 out of 973. Before him are Edvard Beneš (1884), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Hans Kelsen (1881), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Jan Žižka (1360), and Jaroslav Hašek (1883). After him are Adolf Loos (1870), Karl Kautsky (1854), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Klement Gottwald (1896), Max Brod (1884), and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907).
1884 - 1948
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 26
1843 - 1914
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 27
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 28
1850 - 1937
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 29
1360 - 1424
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 30
1883 - 1923
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 31
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 32
1870 - 1933
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 33
1854 - 1938
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 34
1233 - 1278
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 35
1896 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 36
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 37
907 - 935
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 38
Among composers born in Czechia, Leoš Janáček ranks 4. Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Antonín Dvořák (1841), and Bedřich Smetana (1824). After him are Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Johann Stamitz (1717), Bohuslav Martinů (1890), Josef Suk (1874), Anton Reicha (1770), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Mysliveček (1737), and Eduard Hanslick (1825).
1860 - 1911
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 1
1841 - 1904
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 2
1824 - 1884
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 3
1854 - 1928
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1679 - 1745
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 5
1717 - 1757
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 6
1890 - 1959
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 7
1874 - 1935
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 8
1770 - 1836
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 9
1897 - 1957
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 10
1737 - 1781
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 11
1825 - 1904
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 12