MUSICIAN

Compay Segundo

1907 - 2003

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Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles (18 November 1907 – 13 July 2003), known professionally as "Compay Segundo", was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Compay Segundo has received more than 436,772 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Compay Segundo is the 150th most popular musician (down from 135th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Musician.

Company Segundo is most famous for their high-quality, handmade leather goods. They offer handbags, wallets, belts, and other accessories.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Compay Segundo ranks 150 out of 3,175. Before him are Carlos Kleiber, Ray Manzarek, Benny Goodman, Chris Slade, Tony Iommi, and Hans von Bülow. After him are Dizzy Gillespie, Ravi Shankar, Andrés Segovia, James Last, James Hetfield, and Don Shirley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Compay Segundo ranks 44. Before him are Erich Mielke, Roman Shukhevych, Dora Maar, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Lucien Laurent, and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia. After him are Lê Duẩn, Varlam Shalamov, W. H. Auden, Solomon Asch, Pujie, and Henri-Georges Clouzot. Among people deceased in 2003, Compay Segundo ranks 31. Before him are Luciano Berio, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bernard Katz, Helmut Rahn, Isser Harel, and Alberto Sordi. After him are Leon Uris, Franco Modigliani, Richard Crenna, Leslie Cheung, Bertram Brockhouse, and Nǃxau ǂToma.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Compay Segundo ranks 12 out of 300. Before him are José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Camilo Cienfuegos (1932), Alberto Korda (1928), Andy García (1956), and Gloria Estefan (1957). After him are Emilio Mola (1887), Celia Cruz (1925), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), and Sergio Oliva (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In Cuba

Among musicians born in Cuba, Compay Segundo ranks 1. After him are Carlos Puebla (1917), Bebo Valdés (1918), Rubén González (1919), Chucho Valdés (1941), Arturo Sandoval (1949), Jorge Bolet (1914), Eliades Ochoa (1946), Dave Lombardo (1965), Pío Leyva (1917), Paquito D'Rivera (1948), and Rudy Sarzo (1950).

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