List of Famous people named Modest

Similar names: Modesta, Modesto. Here are some famous Modests:

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

First Name Modest

Died on March 16, 1881

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five". He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity, often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music.

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Modest Tchaikovsky

First Name Modest

Died on January 3, 1916

Born in Russia, Sverdlovsk Oblast

Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist and translator.

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Modest Cuixart

First Name Modest

Born on November 2, 1925

Died on October 31, 2007 (aged 81)

Born in Spain, Catalonia

Modest Cuixart i Tàpies was a Catalan painter. He is, along with poet Joan Brossa and painters Joan Ponç, his cousin Antoni Tàpies and Joan-Josep Tharrats, the founder of surrealist et dada review Dau al Set in 1948.

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Modest Altschuler

First Name Modest

Born on February 15, 1873

Died on September 12, 1963 (aged 90)

Born in Belarus, Mahilioŭ Region

Modest Altschuler was a cellist, orchestral conductor, and composer.

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Modest Urgell

First Name Modest

Died on April 3, 1919

Born in Spain, Catalonia

Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations.

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