New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MUSICIAN

Arvīds Jansons

1914 - 1984

Photo of Arvīds Jansons

Icon of person Arvīds Jansons

Arvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons. Jansons was born in Liepāja. He studied violin from 1929 until 1935 at the Conservatory of Liepāja, then composition and conducting (under Leo Blech) at the Conservatory of Riga from 1940 until 1944 while working as violinist at Riga Opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arvīds Jansons has received more than 38,919 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Arvīds Jansons is the 833rd most popular musician (down from 714th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 70th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 39k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arvīds Jansons by language


Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arvīds Jansons ranks 833 out of 2,662Before him are Burial, Link Wray, Daniel Steibelt, Lindsey Buckingham, François Habeneck, and Jackson Browne. After him are Yusef Lateef, Benny Carter, Holger Czukay, Charly García, Bobbejaan Schoepen, and Albert Ayler.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Arvīds Jansons ranks 167Before him are Alojs Andritzki, Eddie Chapman, Paul Rand, Zivia Lubetkin, Kazimierz Świątek, and Magda Frank. After him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Jersey Joe Walcott, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Toulo de Graffenried, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, and Dorothy Lamour. Among people deceased in 1984, Arvīds Jansons ranks 113Before him are Toni Turek, William Powell, J. B. Priestley, Manès Sperber, Jorge Guillén, and Tim. After him are Louis Lansana Beavogui, Lillian Hellman, Jackie Wilson, Viktor Chukarin, Fazıl Küçük, and Valery Voronin.

Others Born in 1914

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1984

Go to all Rankings

In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Arvīds Jansons ranks 83 out of 284Before him are Jānis Balodis (1881), Juris Hartmanis (1928), Jānis Rudzutaks (1887), Lina Stern (1878), Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903), and Vilhelms Purvītis (1872). After him are Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942), Krišjānis Barons (1835), Karl Davydov (1838), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), Janis Rozentāls (1866), and Aleksandrs Čaks (1901).

Among MUSICIANS In Latvia

Among musicians born in Latvia, Arvīds Jansons ranks 4Before him are Mariss Jansons (1943), Gidon Kremer (1947), and Mischa Maisky (1948). After him are Vitas (1979), Lūcija Garūta (1902), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and DJ Lethal (1972).