MUSICIAN

Agustín Barrios

1885 - 1944

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Agustín Pío Barrios (also known as Agustín Barrios Mangoré and Nitsuga—Agustín spelled backwards—Mangoré; May 5, 1885 – August 7, 1944) was a Paraguayan virtuoso classical guitarist and composer, largely regarded as one of the greatest performers and arguably the most prolific composer for the guitar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Agustín Barrios has received more than 363,845 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Agustín Barrios is the 385th most popular musician (down from 359th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Paraguayan Musician.

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  • 360k

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  • 57.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Agustín Barrios ranks 385 out of 3,175. Before him are Wilhelm Backhaus, Artur Schnabel, Nick Cave, Christian Lorenz, Ginger Baker, and Michael Schenker. After him are Baden Powell, Tony Levin, Adrian Smith, Sérgio Mendes, András Schiff, and Flea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Agustín Barrios ranks 73. Before him are Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Khải Định, Egon Kisch, Soemu Toyoda, Jules Romains, and Viktor Schauberger. After him are Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, John Edensor Littlewood, St John Philby, Camille Chautemps, Dora Pejačević, and Frank Jack Fletcher. Among people deceased in 1944, Agustín Barrios ranks 97. Before him are Robert E. Park, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Peter Deunov, Manuel L. Quezon, Aliya Moldagulova, and Hannah Szenes. After him are Artur Phleps, Kurt Gerron, Nikolai Polikarpov, Ulrich von Hassell, Andrey Sheptytsky, and Ethel Smyth.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Agustín Barrios ranks 7 out of 203. Before him are Alfredo Stroessner (1912), Francisco Solano López (1827), José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), and Carlos Antonio López (1792). After him are Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), Arsenio Erico (1915), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), Horacio Cartes (1956), Eusebio Ayala (1875), and José Félix Estigarribia (1888).

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Among MUSICIANS In Paraguay

Among musicians born in Paraguay, Agustín Barrios ranks 1. 

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