1941 - Today
José Luis Niemann, better known as Chucho (born October 9, 1941), is a Chilean pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger whose career spans over 50 years. An original member of the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna, in 1973 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Both his father, Bebo Valdés, and his son, Chuchito, are pianists as well. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chucho Valdés has received more than 227,724 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Chucho Valdés is the 469th most popular musician (up from 638th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 54th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Cuban Musician.
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Among musicians, Chucho Valdés ranks 469 out of 2,662. Before him are Maxim Shostakovich, Rudolf Serkin, Eugene Ormandy, Captain Beefheart, Robert Miles, and Guido Cantelli. After him are Jason Newsted, Bert Kaempfert, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bronisław Huberman, Ian McDonald, and Salvatore Accardo.
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 463
1903 - 1991
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 464
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 465
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 466
1969 - 2017
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 467
1920 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 468
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 469
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 470
1923 - 1980
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 471
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 472
1882 - 1947
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 473
1946 - 2022
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 474
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 475
Among people born in 1941, Chucho Valdés ranks 162. Before him are Aldrich Ames, Yuri Norstein, Captain Beefheart, Robert D. Putnam, Ahmed Shafik, and Jaan Kaplinski. After him are Luis Alberto Lacalle, Salvatore Accardo, Sarah Miles, Peter Cullen, Mirosław Hermaszewski, and Fionnula Flanagan.
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 156
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 157
1941 - 2010
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 158
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 159
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 160
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 161
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 162
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 163
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 164
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 165
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 166
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 167
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 168
Among people born in Cuba, Chucho Valdés ranks 37 out of 248. Before him are Alberto Juantorena (1950), Huber Matos (1918), Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), Ramón Grau (1881), Rubén González (1919), and Wifredo Lam (1902). After him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Leo Brouwer (1939), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Carlos Puebla (1917), Bebo Valdés (1918), and Ernesto Lecuona (1895).
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 31
1918 - 2014
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 32
1835 - 1908
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 33
1881 - 1969
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 34
1919 - 2003
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 35
1902 - 1982
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 37
1819 - 1874
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 38
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 39
1902 - 1989
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 40
1917 - 1989
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 41
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 42
1895 - 1963
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 43
Among musicians born in Cuba, Chucho Valdés ranks 3. Before him are Compay Segundo (1907) and Rubén González (1919). After him are Carlos Puebla (1917), Bebo Valdés (1918), Jorge Bolet (1914), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Dave Lombardo (1965), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Rudy Sarzo (1950), Rico Rodriguez (1934), and Armando Peraza (1924).
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 1
1919 - 2003
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 3
1917 - 1989
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 4
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 5
1914 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 6
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 9
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 10
1934 - 2015
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 11
1924 - 2014
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 12