1813 - 1888
Charles-Valentin Alkan (French: [ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃]; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life. Alkan earned many awards at the Conservatoire de Paris, which he entered before he was six. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles-Valentin Alkan has received more than 445,390 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Charles-Valentin Alkan is the 174th most popular musician (down from 160th in 2019), the 1,010th most popular biography from France (down from 948th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Musician.
Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French pianist and composer. He was most famous for his virtuosic skill at the piano, and for composing pieces that are among the most difficult in all of music.
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Among musicians, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 174 out of 2,662. Before him are Brian Eno, Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Nam June Paik, and Gilberto Gil. After him are Keith Jarrett, Wilhelm Kempff, Giya Kancheli, Chris Isaak, Emil Gilels, and Gene Simmons.
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 168
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 169
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 170
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 171
1932 - 2006
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 172
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 173
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 174
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 175
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 176
1935 - 2019
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 177
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 178
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 179
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 180
Among people born in 1813, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 11. Before him are Claude Bernard, Ivar Aasen, Georg Büchner, John Snow, Henry Bessemer, and Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. After him are Franz Miklosich, Princess Josephine of Baden, Baron Alexander von Bach, Theophil Hansen, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Princess Marie of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1888, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 10. Before him are Rudolf Clausius, Carl Zeiss, John Stith Pemberton, Louisa May Alcott, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. After him are François Achille Bazaine, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Paul Langerhans, Ascanio Sobrero, Theodor Storm, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 5
1813 - 1896
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 6
1813 - 1837
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 8
1813 - 1898
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 9
1813 - 1851
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 10
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 11
1813 - 1891
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 12
1813 - 1900
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 13
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 14
1813 - 1891
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 15
1813 - 1863
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 16
1813 - 1839
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 17
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 4
1816 - 1888
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 5
1831 - 1888
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 6
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 8
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 9
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 10
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 11
1823 - 1888
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 12
1847 - 1888
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 13
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 14
1817 - 1888
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 15
1811 - 1888
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 1,010 out of 6,011. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Lucien Laurent (1907), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), Claude of France (1547), and Jacques Hadamard (1865). After him are Clotilde of France (1759), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Carole Bouquet (1957), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Maurice Denis (1870), and Joseph Liouville (1809).
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,004
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,005
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,006
1451 - 1508
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,007
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,008
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1,009
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,010
1759 - 1802
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,011
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,012
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,013
1851 - 1925
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,014
1870 - 1943
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,015
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,016
Among musicians born in France, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 8. Before him are Richard Clayderman (1953), Thomas Bangalter (1), Paul Mauriat (1925), Nadia Boulanger (1887), David Guetta (1967), and Arnaut Daniel (1150). After him are Georges Prêtre (1924), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Louis Vierne (1870), Émile Waldteufel (1837), and Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922).
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 2
1 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 3
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 4
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 5
1967 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 6
1150 - 1210
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 7
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 8
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 9
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 10
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 11
1870 - 1937
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 12
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 13
1922 - 2000
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 14