MUSICIAN

Djivan Gasparyan

1928 - 2021

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Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: [dʒiˈvɑn ɡɑspɑɾˈjɑn]; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Djivan Gasparyan has received more than 217,218 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Djivan Gasparyan is the 323rd most popular musician (down from 318th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Armenia (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Musician.

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  • 220k

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  • 58.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 323 out of 3,175Before him are Stevie Young, Per Gessle, Joe Zawinul, Lee Soo-man, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Friedrich Gulda. After him are Sonny Rollins, Léo Ferré, Tiësto, Eric Carr, Avril Lavigne, and Count Basie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 111Before him are Torben Ulrich, Daniel Nathans, Fats Domino, Takeshi Inoue, Malcolm Glazer, and Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy. After him are Al Lettieri, Paul Elvstrøm, John Stewart Bell, Daisaku Ikeda, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, and Edward Albee. Among people deceased in 2021, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 91Before him are Dean Stockwell, Vicente Fernández, Helen McCrory, Kenneth Kaunda, Robert H. Grubbs, and Libuše Šafránková. After him are Lars Vilks, Leopoldo Luque, Yaphet Kotto, Franco Battiato, Norodom Ranariddh, and Đorđe Balašević.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 22 out of 163Before him are Vologases V (130), Servatius of Tongeren (400), Sebeos (700), Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), Tigranes III (-100), and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935). After him are Karekin II (1951), Nikol Pashinyan (1975), Arno Babajanian (1921), Olga Chekhova (1897), Anania Shirakatsi (610), and Ashot II of Armenia (849).

Among MUSICIANS In Armenia

Among musicians born in Armenia, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 1After him are Shavo Odadjian (1974), Tigran Hamasyan (1987), Sergey Khachatryan (1985), and Lusine Gevorkyan (1983).