1877 - 1962
Alfred Denis Cortot (core-TOE; 26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poetic insight into Romantic piano works, particularly those of Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saëns and Schumann. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Cortot has received more than 301,581 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Alfred Cortot is the 194th most popular musician (down from 169th in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 84th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Musician.
Alfred Cortot was a French pianist and teacher. He was most famous for his interpretations of Chopin's music.
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Among musicians, Alfred Cortot ranks 194 out of 2,662. Before him are Alicia Keys, Paolo Conte, Muddy Waters, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Amy Winehouse, and Kitarō. After him are Alfred Brendel, Nikolai Rubinstein, Gidon Kremer, Jaco Pastorius, Violeta Parra, and Rory Gallagher.
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 188
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 189
1913 - 1983
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 190
1920 - 1995
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 191
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 192
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 193
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 194
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 195
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 196
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 197
1951 - 1987
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 198
1917 - 1967
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 199
1948 - 1995
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 200
Among people born in 1877, Alfred Cortot ranks 22. Before him are Kees van Dongen, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Kārlis Ulmanis, Said Nursî, Arthur Cecil Pigou, and Maurice Halbwachs. After him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, André Maginot, Karl Abraham, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Ernst von Dohnányi, and Plutarco Elías Calles. Among people deceased in 1962, Alfred Cortot ranks 29. Before him are Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, C. Wright Mills, Therese Neumann, Bruno Walter, Joseph Berchtold, and Ronald Fisher. After him are Hans Lammers, Georgios Papanikolaou, Charles Laughton, Jacques Ibert, Hanns Eisler, and Gabriele Münter.
1877 - 1968
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 16
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 17
1877 - 1942
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 18
1877 - 1960
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 19
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 20
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 21
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 22
1877 - 1964
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 23
1877 - 1932
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 24
1877 - 1925
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 25
1877 - 1949
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 26
1877 - 1960
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 27
1877 - 1945
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 28
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 23
1916 - 1962
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 24
1898 - 1962
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 25
1876 - 1962
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 26
1897 - 1962
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 27
1890 - 1962
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 28
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 29
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 30
1883 - 1962
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 31
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 32
1890 - 1962
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 33
1898 - 1962
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 34
1877 - 1962
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 35
Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Cortot ranks 92 out of 876. Before him are Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), Brother Roger (1915), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270), and Albrecht von Haller (1708). After him are Jakob Steiner (1796), Bernardino Luini (1475), Louis Chevrolet (1878), Gianni Infantino (1970), Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740), and Jost Bürgi (1552).
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 86
1915 - 2005
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 87
1815 - 1887
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 88
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 89
1270 - 1290
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 90
1708 - 1777
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 91
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 92
1796 - 1863
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 93
1475 - 1532
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 94
1878 - 1941
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 95
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 96
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 97
1552 - 1632
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 98
Among musicians born in Switzerland, Alfred Cortot ranks 1. After him are Edwin Fischer (1886), Robert Miles (1969), DJ BoBo (1968), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Urs Bühler (1971), Patrick Moraz (1948), Emmanuel Pahud (1970), DJ Antoine (1975), Mirwais (1960), and Anna Rossinelli (1987).
1877 - 1962
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1
1886 - 1960
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 2
1969 - 2017
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 3
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 4
1926 - 2016
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 5
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 8
1975 - Present
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 9
1960 - Present
HPI: 38.56
Rank: 10
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.47
Rank: 11