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Vagn Holmboe

Danish composer

1909 - 1996

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His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Vagn Holmboe is the 1,014th most popular composer (up from 1,131st in 2024), the 400th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 466th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Composer.

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Vagn Holmboe shares a December 20 birthday with John III of Sweden, Kim Young-sam, and Jaroslav Heyrovský.

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Among Composers

Among composers, Vagn Holmboe ranks 1,014 out of 1,451. Before him are Vasily Safonov, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Artur Kapp, Jón Leifs, Hermann Goetz, and Francesco Araja. After him are Erkki Aaltonen, Mikael Tariverdiev, Knut Nystedt, Jean Mouton, Jāzeps Vītols, and Friedrich Kiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Vagn Holmboe ranks 226. Before him are Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Nikola Vaptsarov, Riccardo Freda, Wang Zhen, David Miller, and Eva Justin. After him are Aruna Asaf Ali, Ferenc Fejtő, Martha Norelius, Olivér Halassy, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Adolf Šimperský. Among people deceased in 1996, Vagn Holmboe ranks 176. Before him are Andrey Lukanov, Seymour Cray, Ferdinand Leitner, Vehbi Koç, Paul Rand, and San Yu. After him are Mikael Tariverdiev, Aruna Asaf Ali, Arthur Rudolph, Arleigh Burke, Inger Jacobsen, and Yahya Ayyash.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Vagn Holmboe ranks 400 out of 1,032. Before him are Trine Dyrholm (1972), Jacob Riis (1849), August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612), Robert Jacobsen (1912), Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), and Ada Adler (1878). After him are Japetus Steenstrup (1813), Urban Gad (1879), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Johan Jensen (1859), Hans Ørberg (1920), and Johnny Hansen (1943).

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Among Composers In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Vagn Holmboe ranks 7. Before him are Carl Nielsen (1865), Niels Gade (1817), Per Nørgård (1932), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), and Rued Langgaard (1893). After him are Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Emil Hartmann (1836), Poul Ruders (1949), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Jesper Kyd (1972), and Frederik Magle (1977).

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