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Alice Herz-Sommer

1903 - 2014

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Alice Herz-Sommer, also known as Alice Herz (26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Herz-Sommer has received more than 284,965 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alice Herz-Sommer is the 465th most popular musician (down from 428th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 230th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 465 out of 3,175. Before her are Aarre Merikanto, Rezső Seress, Vince Clarke, Salvatore Accardo, Jeff Lynne, and Richie Sambora. After her are Michael Hutchence, Milton Nascimento, Bill Ward, James Ingram, Tatiana Nikolayeva, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 98. Before her are Anny Ondra, Walker Evans, Rudolf Serkin, Watchman Nee, Nikos Zachariadis, and Georges Politzer. After her are Cornell Woolrich, Victor Brauner, Misao Tamai, Gregor Piatigorsky, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Among people deceased in 2014, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 112. Before her are Manitas de Plata, Serge Moscovici, Vasily Petrov, Shulamit Aloni, Ken Takakura, and Marina Ginestà. After her are Alice Babs, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Igor Mitoraj, Edward Herrmann, Ralph Waite, and Go Seigen.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 249 out of 1,200. Before her are Josef Lada (1887), Jan Hammer (1948), Jan Saudek (1935), Johannes Widmann (1460), Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia (875), and Helena Vondráčková (1947). After her are Jaroslav Drobný (1921), Erhard Raus (1889), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), Beatrice of Luxembourg (1305), Václav Neumann (1920), and Max Dvořák (1874).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Alice Herz-Sommer ranks 7. Before her are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Alfred Brendel (1931), David Popper (1843), Jan Kubelík (1880), Rudolf Serkin (1903), and Jan Hammer (1948). After her are Wojciech Żywny (1756), Josef Suk (1929), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Ivan Mládek (1942), Eduard Nápravník (1839), and Miroslav Vitouš (1947).

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