1914 - 1984
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.
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Among musicians, Arvīds Jansons ranks 833 out of 2,662. Before 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.
2000 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 827
1929 - 2005
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 828
1765 - 1823
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 829
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 830
1781 - 1849
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 831
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 832
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 833
1920 - 2013
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 834
1907 - 2003
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 835
1938 - 2017
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 836
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 837
1925 - 2010
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 838
1936 - 1970
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 839
Among people born in 1914, Arvīds Jansons ranks 167. Before 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 113. Before 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.
1914 - 1943
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 161
1914 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 162
1914 - 1996
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 163
1914 - 1978
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 164
1914 - 2011
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 165
1914 - 2010
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 166
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 167
1914 - 1999
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 168
1914 - 1994
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 169
1914 - 2000
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 170
1914 - 2007
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 171
1914 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 172
1914 - 1996
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 173
1919 - 1984
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 107
1892 - 1984
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 108
1894 - 1984
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 109
1905 - 1984
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 110
1893 - 1984
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 111
1915 - 1984
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 112
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 113
1923 - 1984
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 114
1905 - 1984
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 115
1934 - 1984
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 116
1921 - 1984
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 117
1906 - 1984
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 118
1939 - 1984
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 119
Among people born in Latvia, Arvīds Jansons ranks 83 out of 284. Before 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).
1881 - 1965
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 77
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 78
1887 - 1938
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 79
1878 - 1968
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 80
1903 - 1994
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 81
1872 - 1945
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 82
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 83
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 84
1835 - 1923
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 85
1838 - Present
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 86
1802 - 1864
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 87
1866 - 1916
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 88
1901 - 1950
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 89
Among musicians born in Latvia, Arvīds Jansons ranks 4. Before 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).
1943 - 2019
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 1
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 2
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 3
1914 - 1984
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4
1979 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 5
1902 - 1977
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 8