Frédéric Chopin

Mar 01, 1810 - Oct 17, 1849 (39 years old) in Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw

Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin;[n 2] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".