1813 - 1888
Charles-Valentin Alkan (French: [ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃]; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French Jewish 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 406,392 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Charles-Valentin Alkan is the 160th most popular musician (up from 161st in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from France (up from 986th 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 160 out of 2,675. Before him are Chick Corea, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Willie Nelson, Stan Getz, Björk, and Florian Schneider. After him are Luigi Tenco, Oscar Peterson, Giya Kancheli, Frank Farian, Joseph Joachim, and Roger Glover.
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 154
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 155
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 156
1927 - 1991
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 157
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 158
1947 - 2020
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 159
1813 - 1888
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 160
1938 - 1967
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 161
1925 - 2007
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 162
1935 - 2019
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 163
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 164
1831 - 1907
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 165
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 166
Among people born in 1813, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 9. Before him are Søren Kierkegaard, David Livingstone, Claude Bernard, Georg Büchner, Henry Bessemer, and John Snow. After him are Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Ivar Aasen, Franz Miklosich, Princess Josephine of Baden, Christian Friedrich Hebbel, and Baron Alexander von Bach. Among people deceased in 1888, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 10. Before him are Rudolf Clausius, Carl Zeiss, Louisa May Alcott, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, John Stith Pemberton, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. After him are François Achille Bazaine, Ascanio Sobrero, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Mary Jane Kelly, Anton Mauve, and Theodor Storm.
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 3
1813 - 1873
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 4
1813 - 1878
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 5
1813 - 1837
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 6
1813 - 1898
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 8
1813 - 1888
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 9
1813 - 1851
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 10
1813 - 1896
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 11
1813 - 1891
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 12
1813 - 1900
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 13
1813 - 1863
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 14
1813 - 1893
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 15
1822 - 1888
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 4
1816 - 1888
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 5
1832 - 1888
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 6
1808 - 1888
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 7
1831 - 1888
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 8
1839 - 1888
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 9
1813 - 1888
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 10
1811 - 1888
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 11
1812 - 1888
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 12
1823 - 1888
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 13
1863 - 1888
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 14
1838 - 1888
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 15
1817 - 1888
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 951 out of 5,234. Before him are Louis Néel (1904), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), Claude-Louis Navier (1785), Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), and Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486). After him are René Cassin (1887), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Claude Perrault (1613), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), Christophe Plantin (1520), and Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467).
1904 - 2000
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 945
1771 - 1802
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 946
1092 - 1154
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 947
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 948
1011 - 1076
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 949
1486 - 1553
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 950
1813 - 1888
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 951
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 952
1114 - 1162
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 953
1613 - 1688
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 954
1656 - 1708
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 955
1520 - 1589
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 956
1467 - 1483
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 957
Among musicians born in France, Charles-Valentin Alkan ranks 8. Before him are Richard Clayderman (1953), Thomas Bangalter (1), Paul Mauriat (1925), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Nadia Boulanger (1887), and David Guetta (1967). After him are Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697), Louis Vierne (1870), Georges Prêtre (1924), Émile Waldteufel (1837), and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665).
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 2
1 - Present
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 3
1925 - 2006
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 4
1150 - 1210
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 5
1887 - 1979
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 6
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 7
1813 - 1888
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 8
1908 - 1997
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 9
1697 - 1764
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 10
1870 - 1937
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 11
1924 - 2017
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 12
1837 - 1915
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 13
1665 - 1729
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 14