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David Oistrakh

1908 - 1974

David Oistrakh

David Fyodorovich Oistrakh, orig. German: Eustrach (30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1908 – 24 October 1974), was a Soviet classical violinist, violist and conductor. Oistrakh collaborated with major orchestras and musicians from many parts of the world and was the dedicatee of numerous violin works, including both of Dmitri Shostakovich's violin concerti and the violin concerto by Aram Khachaturian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Oistrakh has received more than 368,520 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. David Oistrakh is the 112th most popular musician (down from 109th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 71st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Musician.

David Oistrakh is most famous for his recordings of the Bach sonatas and partitas for solo violin.

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370k
Page Views (PV)
72.82
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
8.77
Effective Languages (L*)
2.61
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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Oistrakh ranks 112 out of 2,675. Before him are John Bonham, Alice Cooper, Barry Gibb, Amir Khusrow, Fernando Sor, and Ritchie Valens. After him are Karl Thomas Mozart, Cliff Richard, Ravi Shankar, Bill Evans, Neil Young, and James Last.

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HPI: 72.82
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, David Oistrakh ranks 32. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Ilya Frank, Franz Stangl, Manoel de Oliveira, Hannes Alfvén, and Joseph McCarthy. After him are Balthus, William Saroyan, Carole Lombard, John Kenneth Galbraith, Cesare Pavese, and Werner von Haeften. Among people deceased in 1974, David Oistrakh ranks 22. Before him are Erich Kästner, Darius Milhaud, Jacob L. Moreno, Julius Evola, Otto Strasser, and Miguel Ángel Asturias. After him are Louis Kahn, Peng Dehuai, Satyendra Nath Bose, Fritz Zwicky, Walter Lippmann, and Zalman Shazar.

Others Born in 1908

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Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1908 - 1972
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 26
Ilya Frank
1908 - 1990
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 27
Franz Stangl
1908 - 1971
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 28
Manoel de Oliveira
1908 - 2015
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 29
Hannes Alfvén
1908 - 1995
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 30
Joseph McCarthy
1908 - 1957
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 31
David Oistrakh
1908 - 1974
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 32
Balthus
1908 - 2001
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 33
William Saroyan
1908 - 1981
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 34
Carole Lombard
1908 - 1942
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 35
John Kenneth Galbraith
1908 - 2006
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 36
Cesare Pavese
1908 - 1950
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 37
Werner von Haeften
1908 - 1944
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 38