1955 - Today
Zbigniew Preisner (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf ˈprajsnɛr]; born 20 May 1955 as Zbigniew Antoni Kowalski) is a Polish film score composer, best known for his work with film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis as well as the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zbigniew Preisner has received more than 366,888 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Zbigniew Preisner is the 529th most popular composer (up from 597th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Poland (up from 474th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Composer.
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Among composers, Zbigniew Preisner ranks 529 out of 1,216. Before him are Gershon Kingsley, Jean Françaix, Alexandre Guilmant, Johann Georg Pisendel, Eleni Karaindrou, and Riz Ortolani. After him are Christian Sinding, Joachim Raff, Eugen Doga, Agostino Steffani, Gabriel Pierné, and Pietro Nardini.
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 523
1912 - 1997
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 524
1837 - 1911
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 525
1687 - 1755
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 526
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 527
1926 - 2014
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 528
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 529
1856 - 1941
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 530
1822 - 1882
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 531
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 532
1654 - 1728
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 533
1863 - 1937
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 534
1722 - 1793
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 535
Among people born in 1955, Zbigniew Preisner ranks 92. Before him are Maria Shriver, Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este, Mira Furlan, Mariya Takeuchi, Ron Johnson, and Hans-Peter Briegel. After him are Debra Winger, Valdis Zatlers, David Julius, Jeff Daniels, Billy Milligan, and Asif Ali Zardari.
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 86
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 87
1955 - 2021
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 88
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 89
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 90
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 91
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 92
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 93
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 94
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 95
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 96
1955 - 2014
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 97
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 98
Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Preisner ranks 415 out of 1,454. Before him are Wolf Messing (1899), Maria Konopnicka (1842), Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Emil Krebs (1867), Stefania Wilczyńska (1886), and Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784). After him are Jerzy Hoffman (1932), Moses Isserles (1520), Eduard Strasburger (1844), Barbara Jagiellon (1478), Elisabeth Becker (1923), and Hans Woellke (1911).
1899 - 1974
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 409
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 410
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 411
1867 - 1930
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 412
1886 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 413
1784 - 1877
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 414
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 415
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 416
1520 - 1572
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 417
1844 - 1912
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 418
1478 - 1534
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 419
1923 - 1946
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 420
1911 - 1943
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 421
Among composers born in Poland, Zbigniew Preisner ranks 15. Before him are Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Martin Agricola (1486), Józef Elsner (1769), Maria Szymanowska (1789), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), and Alexandre Tansman (1897). After him are Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Franz Waxman (1906), Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), and Josef Tal (1910).
1919 - 1996
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 9
1486 - 1556
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 10
1769 - 1854
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 11
1789 - 1831
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 12
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 13
1897 - 1986
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 15
1728 - 1804
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 16
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 17
1727 - 1756
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 18
1901 - 1990
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 19
1931 - 1969
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 20
1910 - 2008
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 21