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Jan Kiepura

1902 - 1966

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Jan Wiktor Kiepura (Polish: [ˈjan ˈviktɔr kʲɛˈpura]; May 16, 1902 – August 15, 1966) was a Polish opera singer (lyric tenor / lirico spinto, Heldentenor) and actor. He enjoyed a successful international career and performed at leading concert halls around the world including La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra-Comique, La Fenice and Teatro Colón. He was the recipient of numerous national and international distinctions and honours including Poland's Order of Polonia Restituta, France's Legion of Honour and Sweden's Order of the Polar Star. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Kiepura is the 985th most popular singer (down from 884th in 2019), the 815th most popular biography from Poland (down from 770th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jan Kiepura ranks 985 out of 4,381. Before him are Alain Barrière, Paul Day, Vince Neil, Benny Moré, Hans Hotter, and E-40. After him are Michel Delpech, Clare Torry, Miyuki Nakajima, Zara Dolukhanova, Sakis Rouvas, and Alissa White-Gluz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Jan Kiepura ranks 189. Before him are Eva May, Toivo Loukola, Kim Sowol, Jack Sharkey, Dirk Brouwer, and George Kingsley Zipf. After him are Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Ida Siekmann, Veniamin Kaverin, Ansel Adams, and Lon L. Fuller. Among people deceased in 1966, Jan Kiepura ranks 132. Before him are Helen Kane, Ernest Burgess, Courtney Hodges, Hans Hofmann, Dirk Brouwer, and Seán T. O'Kelly. After him are Hedda Hopper, Stylianos Gonatas, Alfred P. Sloan, Christian Herter, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, and Gʻafur Gʻulom.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Kiepura ranks 815 out of 1,694. Before him are Jerzy Żuławski (1874), Alfred Pringsheim (1850), Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667), Arnold Mendelssohn (1855), Holger Czukay (1938), and Halina Konopacka (1900). After him are Konrad Krajewski (1963), Józef Oleksy (1946), Frederick II of Legnica (1480), Ryszard Kukliński (1930), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), and Max Fleischer (1883).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Jan Kiepura ranks 8. Before him are Marek Grechuta (1945), Justyna Steczkowska (1972), Maryla Rodowicz (1945), Miliza Korjus (1905), Basia (1954), and Katja Ebstein (1945). After him are Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Jantar (1950), Urszula Dudziak (1943), Jean de Reszke (1850), and Olga Jackowska (1951).

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