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Władysław Szpilman

1911 - 2000

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Władysław Szpilman (Polish pronunciation: [vwaˈdɨswaf ˈʂpilman] ; 5 December 1911 – 6 July 2000) was a Polish Jewish pianist, classical composer and Holocaust survivor. Szpilman is widely known as the central figure in the Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which was based on his autobiographical account of how he survived the German occupation of Warsaw. In the film, Szpilman is portrayed by American actor Adrien Brody. Szpilman studied piano at music academies in Berlin and Warsaw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Władysław Szpilman is the 26th most popular musician (down from 17th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Poland (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Musician.

Władysław Szpilman is most famous for his memoir, "The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945." In the memoir, he tells the story of his life as a Polish Jew during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Władysław Szpilman ranks 26 out of 3,175. Before him are Mark Knopfler, Elton John, Bon Scott, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Cat Stevens. After him are Leopold Mozart, Amir Khusrow, Giuseppe Tartini, Ringo Starr, Brian May, and Sting.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Władysław Szpilman ranks 9. Before him are Baba Vanga, Konstantin Chernenko, Naguib Mahfouz, Georges Pompidou, Emil Cioran, and Juan Manuel Fangio. After him are Luis Walter Alvarez, Todor Zhivkov, Czesław Miłosz, Nino Rota, William Golding, and Mikhail Botvinnik. Among people deceased in 2000, Władysław Szpilman ranks 5. Before him are Hafez al-Assad, Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid of Sweden, and Willard Van Orman Quine. After him are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Habib Bourguiba, Emil Zátopek, Arkan, Victor Borge, Alec Guinness, and Louis Néel.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Władysław Szpilman ranks 29 out of 1,694. Before him are Wernher von Braun (1912), Janusz Korczak (1878), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902), Erich Ludendorff (1865), Marie Leszczyńska (1703), and Fedor von Bock (1880). After him are Lech Kaczyński (1949), Tadeusz Reichstein (1897), Manfred von Richthofen (1892), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Rudolf Clausius (1822), and Zygmunt Bauman (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Władysław Szpilman ranks 1. After him are Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Wanda Landowska (1879), Henryk Szeryng (1918), Artur Schnabel (1882), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Carl Tausig (1841), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Josef Hofmann (1876), and Christoph Eschenbach (1940).

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