MUSICIAN

André Previn

1929 - 2019

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André George Previn (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German-American pianist, composer, and conductor. His career had three major genres: Hollywood films, jazz, and classical music. In each he achieved success, and the latter two were part of his life until the end. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Previn has received more than 4,044,186 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). André Previn is the 294th most popular musician (up from 326th in 2019), the 1,397th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,522nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, André Previn ranks 294 out of 3,175. Before him are Eddie Cochran, Yanni, Art Tatum, Leopold Auer, Sixto Rodriguez, and Terpander. After him are Riccardo Cocciante, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Jerry Reed, Lisa Gerrard, David Popper, and Salif Keita.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, André Previn ranks 108. Before him are Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, José Santamaría, Alasdair MacIntyre, Bob Denard, Georgi Markov, and Vera Miles. After him are Antonio Carbajal, Menahem Golan, Carlos Lacoste, Bob Newhart, June Carter Cash, and Kishore Kumar. Among people deceased in 2019, André Previn ranks 79. Before him are Jan-Michael Vincent, Vladimir Bukovsky, John Robert Schrieffer, Nikolai Kardashev, Luke Perry, and Felice Gimondi. After him are Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Lee Iacocca, Šaban Šaulić, Roger Etchegaray, Alan García, and Johnny Kitagawa.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, André Previn ranks 1,397 out of 7,253. Before him are Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1697), Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818), Claudia Schiffer (1970), Max Schreck (1879), Christian I, Elector of Saxony (1560), and Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736). After him are Lothar de Maizière (1940), Walter Kasper (1933), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1741), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), and Henry III, Margrave of Meissen (1218).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, André Previn ranks 11. Before him are Carlos Kleiber (1930), Hans von Bülow (1830), James Last (1929), Klaus Nomi (1944), Rudolf Schenker (1948), and Wilhelm Kempff (1895). After him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Paul Landers (1964), Florian Schneider (1947), and Wilhelm Backhaus (1884).

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