1908 - 1974
David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (né Eustrach; 30 September [O.S. 17 September] 1908 – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian violinist, violist, and conductor. He was also Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of the USSR (1953), and Laureate of the Lenin Prize (1960)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 452,563 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). David Oistrakh is the 89th most popular musician (up from 112th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 70th 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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Among musicians, David Oistrakh ranks 89 out of 2,662. Before him are John Coltrane, Lou Reed, Barry Gibb, Paul Simon, Thomas Bangalter, and Karl Thomas Mozart. After him are Robert Fripp, Duke Ellington, Richard Wright, Gheorghe Zamfir, Dean Martin, and Angus Young.
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 83
1942 - 2013
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 84
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 85
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 86
1 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 87
1784 - 1858
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 88
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 89
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 90
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 91
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 92
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 93
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 94
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1908, David Oistrakh ranks 24. Before him are Geli Raubal, Anna Magnani, John Bardeen, Edward Teller, Mika Waltari, and Amon Göth. After him are David Lean, Nelson Rockefeller, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Joseph McCarthy, Franz Stangl, and Carole Lombard. Among people deceased in 1974, David Oistrakh ranks 15. Before him are Amin al-Husseini, Pär Lagerkvist, Baldur von Schirach, U Thant, Imre Lakatos, and Rudolf Dassler. After him are Duke Ellington, Otto Strasser, Erich Kästner, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Darius Milhaud, and Jacob L. Moreno.
1908 - 1931
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 18
1908 - 1973
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 19
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 20
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 21
1908 - 1979
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 22
1908 - 1946
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 23
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 24
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 25
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 26
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 27
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 28
1908 - 1971
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 29
1908 - 1942
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 30
1895 - 1974
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 9
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 10
1907 - 1974
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 11
1909 - 1974
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 12
1922 - 1974
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 13
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 14
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 15
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 16
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 17
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 18
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 19
1892 - 1974
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 20
1889 - 1974
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 21
Among people born in Ukraine, David Oistrakh ranks 55 out of 1,083. Before him are Anne of Kiev (1025), Vasily Grossman (1905), Lazar Kaganovich (1893), Sviatoslav Richter (1915), Rodion Malinovsky (1898), and Nikolai Berdyaev (1874). After him are Levi Eshkol (1895), Lesya Ukrainka (1871), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883), Nikolai Podgorny (1903), Selman Waksman (1888), and Daniel of Galicia (1201).
1025 - 1075
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 49
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 50
1893 - 1991
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 51
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 52
1898 - 1967
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 53
1874 - 1948
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 54
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 55
1895 - 1969
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 56
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 57
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 58
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 59
1888 - 1973
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 60
1201 - 1264
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 61
Among musicians born in Ukraine, David Oistrakh ranks 3. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903) and Sviatoslav Richter (1915). After him are Emil Gilels (1916), Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Nathan Milstein (1902), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), and Alexander Siloti (1863).
1903 - 1989
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 1
1915 - 1997
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 2
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 3
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 4
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 5
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 6
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 7
1931 - 2021
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 8
1903 - 1976
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 9
1902 - 1992
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 11
1863 - 1945
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 12