1936 - Today
Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936) is a Latvian composer and a pianist who is well known in Latvia, Russia, post-Soviet countries and worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raimonds Pauls has received more than 180,577 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Raimonds Pauls is the 464th most popular composer (up from 522nd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 40th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Composer.
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Among composers, Raimonds Pauls ranks 464 out of 1,216. Before him are Gaspar Sanz, Giacinto Scelsi, Stefano Landi, Florent Schmitt, Richard Rodgers, and George Crumb. After him are Franck Pourcel, Simon Mayr, Grock, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Erwin Schulhoff, and Bill Conti.
1640 - 1710
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 458
1905 - 1988
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 459
1587 - 1639
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 460
1870 - 1958
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 461
1902 - 1979
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 462
1929 - 2022
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 463
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 464
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 465
1763 - 1845
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 466
1880 - 1959
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 467
1667 - 1752
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 468
1894 - 1942
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 469
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 470
Among people born in 1936, Raimonds Pauls ranks 123. Before him are Roger Whittaker, Jannis Kounellis, Masako Nozawa, Buddy Guy, Claude Brasseur, and Andrew Grove. After him are Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Yuan T. Lee, Tuncel Kurtiz, Alejandra Pizarnik, Horst Mahler, and Jan Gehl.
1936 - 2023
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 117
1936 - 2017
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 118
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 119
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 120
1936 - 2020
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 121
1936 - 2016
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 122
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 123
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 124
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 125
1936 - 2013
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 126
1936 - 1972
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 127
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 128
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 129
Among people born in Latvia, Raimonds Pauls ranks 34 out of 284. Before him are Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), Philippe Halsman (1906), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Jānis Lūsis (1939), Jānis Čakste (1859), and Rainis (1865). After him are Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Abraham Isaac Kook (1865), Jukums Vācietis (1873), Friedrich Kettler (1569), Solomon Mikhoels (1890), and Laimdota Straujuma (1951).
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
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 34
1574 - 1640
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 35
1865 - 1935
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 36
1873 - 1938
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 37
1569 - 1642
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1890 - 1948
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 39
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 40
Among composers born in Latvia, Raimonds Pauls ranks 2. Before him are Pēteris Vasks (1946). After him are 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