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Ignacy Jan Paderewski

1860 - 1941

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish: [iɡˈnatsɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi] ; 6 November [O.S. 25 October] 1860 [or 1859] – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation's prime minister and foreign minister during which time he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. A favorite of concert audiences around the world, his musical fame gave him access to diplomacy and the media, as well as, possibly, his status as a freemason, and the charitable work of his second wife, Helena Paderewska. During World War I, Paderewski advocated for an independent Poland, including by touring the United States, where he met President Woodrow Wilson, who came to support the creation of an independent Poland. Wilson included that aim in his Fourteen Points and argued for it at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, which drew up the Treaty of Versailles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignacy Jan Paderewski is the 2,030th most popular politician (up from 2,167th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 91st in 2019) and the 27th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist and politician who was most famous for his performance of the Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 40, No. 1 by Frédéric Chopin at the inauguration of the first president of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, on October 12, 1922.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ignacy Jan Paderewski ranks 2,030 out of 19,576. Before him are Li Zicheng, Conrad of Montferrat, Svatopluk I of Moravia, Scipio Aemilianus, Tomislav Nikolić, and Ahaziah of Israel. After him are Ferdinand I of Portugal, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Scorpion I, James II of Aragon, B. D. Jatti, and Maria Josepha of Austria.

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Among people born in 1860, Ignacy Jan Paderewski ranks 16. Before him are William Jennings Bryan, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Kanō Jigorō, Herman Hollerith, James Ensor, and J. M. Barrie. After him are Anders Zorn, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Hugo Wolf, Jane Addams, and Hjalmar Branting. Among people deceased in 1941, Ignacy Jan Paderewski ranks 19. Before him are Émile Bernard, Arthur Evans, James George Frazer, Robert Delaunay, Ioannis Metaxas, and El Lissitzky. After him are Marina Tsvetaeva, Émile Picard, Hans Spemann, Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Frederick Banting.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ignacy Jan Paderewski ranks 71 out of 1,365. Before him are Ivan Franko (1856), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), Ilya Ehrenburg (1891), Vasily Grossman (1905), Vladimir Tatlin (1885), and Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095). After him are Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932), Rodion Malinovsky (1898), Sonia Delaunay (1885), Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Mila Kunis (1983), and Baal Shem Tov (1700).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Ignacy Jan Paderewski ranks 27. Before him are Vladimir II Monomakh (1053), Andrei Zhdanov (1896), Moshe Sharett (1894), Levi Eshkol (1895), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), and Yuri Dolgorukiy (1095). After him are Rodion Malinovsky (1898), Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Sergey Bubka (1963), Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883), and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884).

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