1959 - Today
Vladimír Franz (born 25 May 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia), is a Czech composer, painter, university scholar and occasional journalist, poet and playwright. Since mid-1980s he has composed stage music for more than 150 theatre performances—for many of them he was awarded national-level prizes—he has also composed a symphony, several operas, oratorios, a musical, ballet, as well as film music and music for documentaries and radio plays. His second main area of activities in the field of arts is represented by painting. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vladimír Franz has received more than 164,204 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Vladimír Franz is the 1,104th most popular composer (down from 1,057th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 499th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Czech Composer.
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Among composers, Vladimír Franz ranks 1,104 out of 1,216. Before him are Igor Krutoy, Gioseffo Guami, Hans Huber, Henry Bishop, Brian Ferneyhough, and Armand Amar. After him are Henk Badings, Elza Ibrahimova, Luís de Freitas Branco, Arthur Benjamin, Errico Petrella, and Victor Massé.
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 1,098
1542 - 1611
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 1,099
1852 - 1921
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 1,100
1786 - 1855
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 1,101
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 1,102
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 1,103
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 1,104
1907 - 1987
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 1,105
1938 - 2012
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 1,106
1890 - 1955
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 1,107
1893 - 1960
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 1,108
1813 - 1877
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 1,109
1822 - 1884
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 1,110
Among people born in 1959, Vladimír Franz ranks 203. Before him are Tsukasa Hojo, Thomas Quasthoff, Martin Brundle, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Marcos Alonso, and Sabine Meyer. After him are Peter Mullan, Sheena Easton, Pat Smear, Zakir Hasanov, Billy Campbell, and William Lai.
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 197
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 198
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 199
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 200
1959 - 2023
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 201
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 202
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 203
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 204
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 205
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 206
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 207
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 208
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 209
Among people born in Czechia, Vladimír Franz ranks 533 out of 973. Before him are Karel Kachyňa (1924), Josef Čtyřoký (1906), Petr Kellner (1964), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Julius Zeyer (1841), and Jaroslav Bouček (1912). After him are Jan Kotěra (1871), Erich Srbek (1908), Karel Sabina (1813), Ivan Král (1948), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), and Eliška Krásnohorská (1847).
1924 - 2004
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 527
1906 - 1985
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 528
1964 - 2021
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 529
1882 - 1952
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 530
1841 - 1901
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 531
1912 - 1987
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 532
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 533
1871 - 1923
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 534
1908 - 1973
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 535
1813 - 1877
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 536
1948 - 2020
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 537
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 538
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 539
Among composers born in Czechia, Vladimír Franz ranks 56. Before him are Johann Joseph Abert (1832), August Wilhelm Ambros (1816), Petr Eben (1929), Vilém Blodek (1834), Jaromír Weinberger (1896), and František Škroup (1801). After him are Rudolf Friml (1879), Wenzel Müller (1767), and Walter Susskind (1913).
1832 - 1915
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 50
1816 - 1876
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 51
1929 - 2007
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 52
1834 - 1874
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 53
1896 - 1967
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 54
1801 - 1862
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 55
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 56
1879 - 1972
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 57
1767 - 1835
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 58
1913 - 1980
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 59