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Jón Leifs

1899 - 1968

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Jón Leifs (born Jón Þorleifsson on 1 May 1899 – 30 July 1968) was an Icelandic composer, pianist, and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Leifs is the 1,008th most popular composer (up from 1,044th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 47th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jón Leifs ranks 1,008 out of 1,451. Before him are Wacław of Szamotuły, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Trevor Jones, Vasily Safonov, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, and Artur Kapp. After him are Hermann Goetz, Francesco Araja, Vagn Holmboe, Erkki Aaltonen, Mikael Tariverdiev, and Knut Nystedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jón Leifs ranks 184. Before him are Ralf Törngren, Edward Chamberlin, Zhang Daqian, Arvīds Pelše, Dora Gerson, and Vera Gaze. After him are Max Petitpierre, Gerald Moore, Vince Gallagher, Richard Hartshorne, Alfred Blalock, and Marcel Arland. Among people deceased in 1968, Jón Leifs ranks 138. Before him are Alexander Gelfond, Joseph Keilberth, Dorothy Garrod, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Leo Huberman, and Harold D. Babcock. After him are Vasyl Makukh, Maurice Verdonck, Joseph Pholien, Nikifor, Johann Horvath, and Suraphol Sombatcharoen.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Leifs ranks 45 out of 190. Before him are Erró (1932), Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Ólafur Thors (1892), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), and Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978). After him are Ólafur Jóhannesson (1913), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), and Hannes Hafstein (1861).

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Among COMPOSERS In Iceland

Among composers born in Iceland, Jón Leifs ranks 1. After him are Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847).

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