1882 - 1967
Zoltán Kodály (UK: , US: ; Hungarian: Kodály Zoltán, pronounced [ˈkodaːj ˈzoltaːn]; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zoltán Kodály has received more than 605,135 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia. Zoltán Kodály is the 116th most popular composer (up from 124th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 36th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Composer.
Zoltán Kodály is most famous for his work in the field of music education. He was one of the first composers to incorporate folk music into his compositions.
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Among composers, Zoltán Kodály ranks 116 out of 1,216. Before him are Adolphe Adam, Alma Mahler, Giulio Caccini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Manuel de Falla, and Max Bruch. After him are Arthur Honegger, Josef Strauss, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Giovanni Gabrieli, Anton Rubinstein, and György Ligeti.
1803 - 1856
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 110
1879 - 1964
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 111
1551 - 1618
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 112
1791 - 1864
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 113
1876 - 1946
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 114
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 115
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 116
1892 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 117
1827 - 1870
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 118
1583 - 1643
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 119
1557 - 1612
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 120
1829 - 1894
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 121
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 122
Among people born in 1882, Zoltán Kodály ranks 25. Before him are Umberto Boccioni, Edward Hopper, Abd el-Krim, Abdullah I of Jordan, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and James Franck. After him are Rodolfo Graziani, Charles Ponzi, Getúlio Vargas, Emmerich Kálmán, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Jacques Maritain. Among people deceased in 1967, Zoltán Kodály ranks 16. Before him are Clement Attlee, Edward Hopper, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Jack Ruby, Felix Yusupov, and André Maurois. After him are Gordon Allport, Ilya Ehrenburg, Johannes Itten, John Coltrane, Rodion Malinovsky, and Richard Kuhn.
1882 - 1916
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 19
1882 - 1967
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 20
1882 - 1963
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 21
1882 - 1951
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 22
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 23
1882 - 1964
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 24
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 25
1882 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 26
1882 - 1949
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 27
1882 - 1954
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 28
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 29
1882 - 1961
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 30
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 31
1883 - 1967
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 10
1882 - 1967
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 11
1882 - 1967
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 12
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 13
1887 - 1967
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 14
1885 - 1967
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 15
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 16
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 17
1891 - 1967
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 18
1888 - 1967
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 19
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 20
1898 - 1967
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 22
Among people born in Hungary, Zoltán Kodály ranks 35 out of 866. Before him are László Bíró (1899), Sándor Kocsis (1929), Eugene Wigner (1902), Dennis Gabor (1900), Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), and Edward Teller (1908). After him are Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Viktor Orbán (1963), László Kubala (1927), Orestes (420), and John Sigismund Zápolya (1540).
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 29
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 30
1902 - 1995
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 31
1900 - 1979
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 32
1409 - 1442
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 33
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 34
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 35
1847 - 1911
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 36
1935 - 2011
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 37
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 38
1927 - 2002
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 39
420 - 476
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 40
1540 - 1571
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 41
Among composers born in Hungary, Zoltán Kodály ranks 1. After him are Emmerich Kálmán (1882), Miklós Rózsa (1907), Hans Richter (1843), Joseph Kosma (1905), Karl Goldmark (1830), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Dora Pejačević (1885), Joseph Szigeti (1892), and Leó Weiner (1885).
1882 - 1967
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 1
1882 - 1953
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2
1907 - 1995
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 3
1843 - 1916
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 4
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 5
1830 - 1915
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 6
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7
1810 - 1893
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 8
1797 - 1862
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 9
1885 - 1923
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 11
1885 - 1960
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 12