1861 - 1917
Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras (also Spyros, Spiro Samára; Greek: Σπυρίδων Σαμάρας) (29 November [O.S. 17 November] 1861 – 7 April [O.S. 25 March] 1917) was a Greek composer particularly admired for his operas who was part of the generation of composers that heralded the works of Giacomo Puccini. His compositions were praised worldwide during his lifetime and he is arguably the most important composer of the Ionian School. He composed also the Olympic Hymn on lyrics of Kostis Palamas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spyridon Samaras has received more than 64,565 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Spyridon Samaras is the 603rd most popular composer (down from 547th in 2019), the 433rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 409th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Composer.
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Among composers, Spyridon Samaras ranks 603 out of 1,216. Before him are Tommaso Traetta, Adolf von Henselt, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Luis de Pablo, Evald Aav, and Princess Maria Antonia Koháry. After him are Hermann Scherchen, Manos Hatzidakis, Jean Absil, Kurt Atterberg, Tikhon Khrennikov, and Alois Hába.
1727 - 1779
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 597
1814 - 1889
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 598
1752 - 1837
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 599
1930 - 2021
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 600
1900 - 1939
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 601
1797 - 1862
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 602
1861 - 1917
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 603
1891 - 1966
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 604
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 605
1893 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 606
1887 - 1974
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 607
1913 - 2007
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 608
1893 - 1973
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 609
Among people born in 1861, Spyridon Samaras ranks 60. Before him are Juhani Aho, Eduard, Duke of Anhalt, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Nellie Melba, Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, and Morgan Robertson. After him are Edith Roosevelt, William Renshaw, Alexey Kaledin, Ivana Kobilca, Charlie Soong, and Constantin Prezan. Among people deceased in 1917, Spyridon Samaras ranks 48. Before him are Boris Stürmer, Andrew Taylor Still, Eric Campbell, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Édouard Drumont, and Eugène Grasset. After him are Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Manuel de Arriaga, Sarah Aaronsohn, Maksim Bahdanovič, Anton Haus, and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
1861 - 1921
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 54
1861 - 1918
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 55
1861 - 1946
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 56
1861 - 1931
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 57
1861 - 1914
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 58
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 59
1861 - 1917
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 60
1861 - 1948
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 61
1861 - 1904
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 62
1861 - 1918
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 63
1861 - 1926
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 64
1861 - 1918
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 65
1861 - 1943
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 66
1848 - 1917
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 42
1828 - 1917
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 43
1880 - 1917
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 44
1894 - 1917
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 45
1844 - 1917
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 46
1845 - 1917
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 47
1861 - 1917
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 48
1843 - 1917
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 49
1840 - 1917
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 50
1890 - 1917
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 51
1891 - 1917
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 52
1851 - 1917
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 53
1836 - 1917
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 54
Among people born in Greece, Spyridon Samaras ranks 433 out of 936. Before him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Mentor of Rhodes (-380), Victorinus of Pettau (250), Dimitrios Loundras (1885), Georgios Karaiskakis (1780), and Hecataeus of Abdera (-400). After him are Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Nikolaos Plastiras (1883), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Gylippus (-500), Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923), and Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778).
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 427
380 BC - 340 BC
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 428
250 - 303
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 429
1885 - 1971
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 430
1780 - 1827
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 431
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 432
1861 - 1917
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 433
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 434
1883 - 1953
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 435
5 - 100
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 436
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 437
1923 - 2010
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 438
1778 - 1857
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 439
Among composers born in Greece, Spyridon Samaras ranks 4. Before him are Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Vangelis (1943), and Eleni Karaindrou (1941). After him are Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Nikos Skalkottas (1904), and Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795).
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 1
1943 - 2022
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 3
1861 - 1917
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 4
1925 - 1994
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 5
1904 - 1949
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 6
1795 - 1872
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 7