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Mikis Theodorakis

1925 - 2021

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Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ "Μίκης" Θεοδωράκης [mixaˈil ˈmicis θeoðoˈracis]; 29 July 1925 – 2 September 2021) was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works. He scored for the films Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973). He was a three-time BAFTA nominee, winning for Z. For the score in Serpico, he earned Grammy nominations. Furthermore, for the score to Zorba the Greek, with its song "Zorba's Dance", he was nominated for a Golden Globe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikis Theodorakis is the 100th most popular composer (down from 81st in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Greece (down from 78th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Greek Composer.

Mikis Theodorakis is most famous for his music for the film Zorba the Greek.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Mikis Theodorakis ranks 100 out of 1,451. Before him are Tomás Luis de Victoria, Pierre Boulez, Jacopo Peri, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Leonard Bernstein, and Pietro Mascagni. After him are Arvo Pärt, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Joaquín Rodrigo, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, and Léo Delibes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Mikis Theodorakis ranks 21. Before him are Albert Bandura, Jorge Rafael Videla, Tony Curtis, Giorgio Napolitano, Sammy Davis Jr., and Pierre Boulez. After him are Bill Haley, Lee Van Cleef, Audie Murphy, Simon van der Meer, Jack Lemmon, and Robert F. Kennedy. Among people deceased in 2021, Mikis Theodorakis ranks 13. Before him are Chun Doo-hwan, Albert Bandura, Christopher Plummer, George Shultz, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and Roh Tae-woo. After him are Frank Williams, Aaron T. Beck, F. W. de Klerk, Paul J. Crutzen, Desmond Tutu, and Raffaella Carrà.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Mikis Theodorakis ranks 88 out of 1,024. Before him are Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), Handan Sultan (1574), Melissus of Samos (-470), Creon (null), Giorgio de Chirico (1888), and Irene Papas (1929). After him are Mardonius (-600), Hippias (-443), Arion (-700), Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), and Hephaestion (-356).

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Among COMPOSERS In Greece

Among composers born in Greece, Mikis Theodorakis ranks 2. Before him are Vangelis (1943). After him are Eleni Karaindrou (1941), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Spyridon Samaras (1861), Nikos Skalkottas (1904), Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), and Andreas Makris (1930).

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