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40 of the Most Influential People of All Time

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27. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A painting of Mozart aged 14 in January 1770. Saverio Dalla Rosa/ Mozart Portraits on Mozart Forum/ Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain.

The mystery around the death of the famous Austrian composer is almost as famous as the man himself. Mozart was a prodigious musician who composed the melody to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” when he was only three years old. By 17, he was a court musician in Salzburg. His incredible talent and arrogance drew the ire of established musicians, particularly Salieri, who, in the movie Amadeus, acknowledged his role in the death of the young musician.

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