1893 - 1958
Aarre Merikanto (29 June 1893 – 28 September 1958) was a Finnish composer.He was born in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, the son of Elise "Liisa" Häyrynen (1869-1949) and the famous romantic composer, professor Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924). His childhood he spent in Vilppula, Finland. He married Meri Grönmark in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aarre Merikanto has received more than 47,854 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Aarre Merikanto is the 1,009th most popular musician (down from 755th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Finland (down from 117th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Musician.
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Among musicians, Aarre Merikanto ranks 1,009 out of 2,662. Before her are Helmuth Rilling, Hélène Grimaud, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Floyd Council, Zoltán Kocsis, and Hugh McDonald. After her are Al Jardine, Paul Simonon, Phil Woods, Arif Mardin, Geoff Emerick, and Adrien-François Servais.
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 1,003
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 1,004
1946 - 2005
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 1,005
1911 - 1976
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 1,006
1952 - 2016
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 1,007
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 1,008
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 1,009
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 1,010
1955 - Present
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 1,011
1931 - 2015
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 1,012
1932 - 2006
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 1,013
1945 - 2018
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 1,014
1807 - 1866
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 1,015
Among people born in 1893, Aarre Merikanto ranks 160. Before her are Fay Bainter, I. A. Richards, Louise Weiss, Georg Åberg, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Gummo Marx. After her are Eugen Schüfftan, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Lajos Czeizler, László Hudec, Walter Noddack, and Costante Girardengo. Among people deceased in 1958, Aarre Merikanto ranks 99. Before her are Bart van der Leck, W. C. Handy, Francisco Olazar, Goro Yamada, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, and Big Bill Broonzy. After her are Paul Reinecke, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Billy Meredith, Maurice Germot, Bhagwan Das, and László Hudec.
1893 - 1968
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 154
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 155
1893 - 1983
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 156
1893 - 1946
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 157
1893 - 1979
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 158
1893 - 1977
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 159
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 160
1893 - 1977
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 161
1893 - 1972
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 162
1893 - 1969
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 163
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 164
1893 - 1960
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 165
1893 - 1978
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 166
1876 - 1958
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 93
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 94
1885 - 1958
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 95
1894 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 96
1876 - 1958
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 97
1903 - 1958
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 98
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 99
1872 - 1958
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 100
1884 - 1958
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 101
1874 - 1958
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 102
1882 - 1958
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 103
1869 - 1958
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 104
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 105
Among people born in Finland, Aarre Merikanto ranks 166 out of 642. Before her are Ilmari Salminen (1902), Johan Wilhelm Rangell (1894), JJ Lehto (1966), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Erkki Aaltonen (1910), and Alexi Laiho (1979). After her are Julius Skutnabb (1889), Kaarlo Castrén (1860), Jari Kurri (1960), Lars Sonck (1870), Robert Kajanus (1856), and Juho Vennola (1872).
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 160
1894 - 1982
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 161
1966 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 162
1981 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 163
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 164
1979 - 2020
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 165
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 166
1889 - 1965
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 167
1860 - 1938
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 168
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 169
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 170
1856 - 1933
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 171
1872 - 1938
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 172
Among musicians born in Finland, Aarre Merikanto ranks 4. Before her are Marco Hietala (1966), Tuomas Holopainen (1976), and Alexi Laiho (1979). After her are Timo Tolkki (1966), Jukka Nevalainen (1978), Emppu Vuorinen (1978), Darude (1975), Mr Lordi (1974), Juice Leskinen (1950), Sami Vänskä (1976), and Carita Holmström (1954).
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 2
1979 - 2020
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 3
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 4
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 5
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 9
1950 - 2006
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 12