1893 - 1987
Andrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987) was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist. Many professional classical guitarists were either students of Segovia or students of Segovia's students. Segovia's contribution to the modern-romantic repertoire included not only commissions but also his own transcriptions of classical or baroque works. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrés Segovia has received more than 949,393 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrés Segovia is the 112th most popular musician (down from 105th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Spain (down from 169th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Spanish Musician.
Andrés Segovia is most famous for his interpretations of the music of Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, and other composers.
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Among musicians, Andrés Segovia ranks 112 out of 2,662. Before him are Fernando Sor, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Nadia Boulanger, Lady Gaga, Don Shirley, and Ravi Shankar. After him are Bernard Haitink, Fritz Kreisler, Benny Goodman, John Bonham, Ronnie Wood, and Jascha Heifetz.
1778 - 1839
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 106
1644 - 1704
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 107
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 108
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 109
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 110
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 111
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 112
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 113
1875 - 1962
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 114
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 115
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 116
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 117
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 118
Among people born in 1893, Andrés Segovia ranks 22. Before him are Karl Mannheim, Harold Lloyd, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Damdin Sükhbaatar, George Grosz, and Paramahansa Yogananda. After him are Palmiro Togliatti, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Harold Urey, Omar Bradley, Chaim Soutine, and Fritz Perls. Among people deceased in 1987, Andrés Segovia ranks 21. Before him are Walter Houser Brattain, John Huston, Lino Ventura, John Howard Northrop, William P. Murphy, and Lee Byung-chul. After him are Jascha Heifetz, Fahri Korutürk, Jacqueline du Pré, Lee Marvin, Joseph Campbell, and Jacques Anquetil.
1893 - 1947
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 16
1893 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 17
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 18
1893 - 1923
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 19
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 20
1893 - 1952
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 21
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 22
1893 - 1964
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 23
1893 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 24
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 25
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 26
1893 - 1943
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 27
1893 - 1970
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 28
1902 - 1987
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 15
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 16
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 17
1891 - 1987
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 18
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 19
1910 - 1987
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 20
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 21
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 22
1903 - 1987
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 23
1945 - 1987
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 24
1924 - 1987
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 25
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 26
1934 - 1987
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 27
Among people born in Spain, Andrés Segovia ranks 190 out of 2,932. Before him are Pedro de Alvarado (1485), Adolfo Suárez (1932), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Camilo José Cela (1916), Al-Hakam II (915), and Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895). After him are Buenaventura Durruti (1896), Penélope Cruz (1974), Blanche I of Navarre (1387), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), Louis Blanc (1811), and Arnaldus de Villa Nova (1240).
1485 - 1541
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 184
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 185
1904 - 1973
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 186
1916 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 187
915 - 976
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 188
1895 - 1972
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 189
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 190
1896 - 1936
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 191
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 192
1387 - 1441
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 193
848 - 910
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 194
1811 - 1882
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 195
1240 - 1311
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 196
Among musicians born in Spain, Andrés Segovia ranks 6. Before him are Isaac Albéniz (1860), Pablo Casals (1876), Pablo de Sarasate (1844), Paco de Lucía (1947), and Fernando Sor (1778). After him are Narciso Yepes (1927), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Alicia de Larrocha (1923), Ricardo Viñes (1875), and Paco Ibáñez (1934).
1860 - 1909
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 1
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 2
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 3
1947 - 2014
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 4
1778 - 1839
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 5
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 6
1927 - 1997
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 7
1784 - 1849
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 8
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 9
1923 - 2009
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 10
1875 - 1943
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 11
1934 - Present
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 12