1946 - Today
Pēteris Vasks (born 16 April 1946) is a Latvian composer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pēteris Vasks has received more than 142,796 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Pēteris Vasks is the 436th most popular composer (up from 539th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Composer.
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Among composers, Pēteris Vasks ranks 436 out of 1,216. Before him are Claudio Merulo, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Ichirou Mizuki, William Walton, Ariel Ramírez, and Vasily Kalinnikov. After him are Franz Schreker, Francesco Maria Veracini, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Grażyna Bacewicz, Igor Markevitch, and Alexander Agricola.
1533 - 1604
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 430
1640 - 1700
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 431
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 432
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 433
1921 - 2010
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 434
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 435
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 436
1878 - 1934
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 437
1690 - 1768
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 438
1859 - 1935
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 439
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 440
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 441
1446 - 1506
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 442
Among people born in 1946, Pēteris Vasks ranks 134. Before him are Elías Figueroa, Deepak Chopra, Rebiya Kadeer, Billy Preston, Martin Kove, and Linda Ronstadt. After him are Laurent Fabius, Candice Bergen, Ellison Onizuka, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Jochen Mass, and Artur Jorge.
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 128
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 129
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 130
1946 - 2006
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 131
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 132
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 133
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 134
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 135
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 136
1946 - 1986
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 137
1946 - 2016
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 138
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 139
1946 - 2024
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 140
Among people born in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks ranks 27 out of 284. Before him are Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Andris Bērziņš (1944), Wolfgang Lüth (1913), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804), and Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751). After him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), Philippe Halsman (1906), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Jānis Lūsis (1939), Jānis Čakste (1859), and Rainis (1865).
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 21
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 22
1913 - 1945
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 23
1800 - 1873
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 24
1804 - 1881
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 25
1751 - 1792
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 26
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 27
1692 - 1711
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 28
1906 - 1979
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 29
1650 - 1698
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 30
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 31
1859 - 1927
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 32
1865 - 1929
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 33
Among composers born in Latvia, Pēteris Vasks ranks 1. After him are Raimonds Pauls (1936), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), 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