1899 - 1978
Pancho Haralanov Vladigerov (or Wladigeroff, Wladigerow, Vladiguerov, Vladigueroff; Bulgarian: Панчо Хараланов Владигеров [ˈpant͡ʃo xɐrɐˈɫanov vɫɐdiˈɡɛrof]; 13 March 1899 – 8 September 1978) was a Bulgarian composer, pedagogue, and pianist. Vladigerov is arguably the most influential Bulgarian composer of all time. He was one of the first to successfully combine idioms of Bulgarian folk music and classical music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pancho Vladigerov has received more than 87,474 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Pancho Vladigerov is the 564th most popular composer (up from 702nd in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 255th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Composer.
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Among composers, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 564 out of 1,216. Before him are Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Pierre Henry, Riccardo Drigo, Bálint Bakfark, Aloysia Weber, and Antonio Maria Abbatini. After him are François Devienne, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Georg Joseph Vogler, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Guillaume Lekeu, and Alexander Gretchaninov.
1745 - 1799
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 558
1927 - 2017
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 559
1846 - 1930
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 560
1507 - 1576
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 561
1760 - 1839
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 562
1595 - 1677
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 563
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 564
1759 - 1803
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 565
1749 - 1818
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 566
1749 - 1814
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 567
1918 - 1970
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 568
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 569
1864 - 1956
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 570
Among people born in 1899, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 98. Before him are Gustaf Gründgens, Benjamin Péret, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Mart Stam, Soraya Tarzi, and Max Simon. After him are Jimmie Angel, Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Richard Hauptmann, Marcel Achard, Charles Best, and Noël Coward. Among people deceased in 1978, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 74. Before him are Robert Shaw, Wadie Haddad, Leo Ryan, José Manuel Moreno, Max Mallowan, and Joe Davis. After him are Gaston Julia, Max Decugis, Charles Best, Salvador de Madariaga, Karl Lennart Oesch, and Samuel Goudsmit.
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 92
1899 - 1959
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 93
1899 - 1954
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 94
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 95
1899 - 1968
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 96
1899 - 1961
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 97
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 98
1899 - 1956
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 99
1899 - 1966
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 100
1899 - 1936
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 101
1899 - 1974
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 102
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 103
1899 - 1973
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 104
1927 - 1978
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 68
1927 - 1978
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 69
1925 - 1978
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 70
1916 - 1978
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 71
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 72
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 73
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 74
1893 - 1978
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 75
1882 - 1978
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 76
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 77
1886 - 1978
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 78
1892 - 1978
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 79
1902 - 1978
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 80
Among people born in Switzerland, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 207 out of 876. Before him are Roberto Di Matteo (1970), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Adrian Frutiger (1928), Julius Maggi (1846), Alain Tanner (1929), and Matthias Zurbriggen (1856). After him are Ferdinand Kübler (1919), André Abegglen (1909), Jacques Charles François Sturm (1803), Pascal Couchepin (1942), Jean Ziegler (1934), and Carlo Fontana (1638).
1970 - Present
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 201
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 202
1928 - 2015
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 203
1846 - 1912
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 204
1929 - 2022
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 205
1856 - 1917
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 206
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 207
1919 - 2016
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 208
1909 - 1944
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 209
1803 - 1855
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 210
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 211
1934 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 212
1638 - 1714
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 213
Among composers born in Switzerland, Pancho Vladigerov ranks 8. Before him are Sigismond Thalberg (1812), Ernest Bloch (1880), Frank Martin (1890), Ernest Ansermet (1883), Grock (1880), and Joachim Raff (1822). After him are Heinz Holliger (1939), Ludwig Senfl (1486), Heinrich Sutermeister (1910), Louis Niedermeyer (1802), Othmar Schoeck (1886), and Klaus Huber (1924).
1812 - 1871
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 2
1880 - 1959
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 3
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 4
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 5
1880 - 1959
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 6
1822 - 1882
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 7
1899 - 1978
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 8
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 9
1486 - 1542
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 10
1910 - 1995
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 11
1802 - 1861
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 12
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 13
1924 - 2017
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 14