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MUSICIAN

Djivan Gasparyan

1928 - 2021

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Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; Armenian: Ջիվան Գասպարյան, Armenian pronunciation: [dʒiˈvɑn ɡɑspɑɾˈjɑn]; October 12, 1928 – July 6, 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 205,776 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Djivan Gasparyan is the 318th most popular musician (up from 421st in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Armenia (up from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Musician.

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  • 210k

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  • 58.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 318 out of 2,662Before him are Matteo Carcassi, Fred Durst, Ian Anderson, Isaac Hayes, Michael Schenker, and Paul Desmond. After him are Franco Battiato, Woody Guthrie, Steve Vai, Salif Keita, Albert King, and Scott McKenzie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 108Before him are Seymour Papert, Bernard Buffet, Pierre Mauroy, Eunice Gayson, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, and John Stewart Bell. After him are Michel Serrault, Takeshi Inoue, Ida Haendel, Alfonso de Portago, Elliott Erwitt, and Roddy McDowall. Among people deceased in 2021, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 113Before him are Carolyn S. Shoemaker, Christa Ludwig, Kurt Westergaard, Toshihide Maskawa, Nino Castelnuovo, and Stephen Sondheim. After him are Marion Ramsey, Kenneth Kaunda, Franco Battiato, Christian Boltanski, Jimmy Greaves, and Lee "Scratch" Perry.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Djivan Gasparyan ranks 18 out of 147Before him are Khachatur Abovian (1805), Ashot I of Armenia (820), Vardan Mamikonian (388), Vologases V (130), Hovhannes Tumanyan (1869), and Servatius of Tongeren (400). After him are Tigranes III (-100), Sebeos (700), Olga Chekhova (1897), Karekin II (1951), Arno Babajanian (1921), and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935).

Among MUSICIANS In Armenia

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