1916 - 1985
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс; 19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985) was a Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.His sister Elizaveta, three years his junior, was a renowned violinist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Gilels has received more than 353,239 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Emil Gilels is the 179th most popular musician (down from 174th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Musician.
Emil Gilels is most famous for being a Russian pianist. He was born in the Ukraine in 1932 and died in 1985. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.
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Among musicians, Emil Gilels ranks 179 out of 2,662. Before him are Gilberto Gil, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Keith Jarrett, Wilhelm Kempff, Giya Kancheli, and Chris Isaak. After him are Gene Simmons, George Martin, John Paul Jones, Ian Paice, José Feliciano, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 173
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 174
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 175
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 176
1935 - 2019
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 177
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 178
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 179
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 180
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 181
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 182
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 183
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 184
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 185
Among people born in 1916, Emil Gilels ranks 37. Before him are Virginia Satir, Bernard Lewis, C. Wright Mills, Abdul Rahman Arif, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Vitaly Ginzburg. After him are Raf Vallone, Alexander Prokhorov, Robert F. Furchgott, Paul Keres, Sune Bergström, and Masaki Kobayashi. Among people deceased in 1985, Emil Gilels ranks 25. Before him are Philip Larkin, Anne Baxter, John Franklin Enders, Ian Stewart, Ferhat Abbas, and Margaret Mahler. After him are Paul Flory, Elsa Morante, Rodney Robert Porter, James Hadley Chase, Robert Graves, and George Pólya.
1916 - 1988
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 31
1916 - 2018
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 32
1916 - 1962
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 33
1916 - 2007
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 34
1916 - 2000
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 35
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 36
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 37
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 38
1916 - 2002
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 40
1916 - 1975
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 41
1916 - 2004
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 42
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 43
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 19
1923 - 1985
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 20
1897 - 1985
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 21
1938 - 1985
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 22
1899 - 1985
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 23
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 24
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 25
1910 - 1985
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 26
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 27
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 28
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 29
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 30
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 31
Among people born in Ukraine, Emil Gilels ranks 104 out of 1,083. Before him are Ivan Paskevich (1782), Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640), Marie Bashkirtseff (1858), Lev Shestov (1866), Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), and Alexander Archipenko (1887). After him are Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Milla Jovovich (1975), Stepan Makarov (1848), Alexander Samsonov (1859), Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932), and Gregory Skovoroda (1722).
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 98
1640 - 1673
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 99
1858 - 1884
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 100
1866 - 1938
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 101
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 102
1887 - 1964
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 103
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 104
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 105
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 106
1848 - 1904
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 107
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 108
1932 - 1999
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 109
1722 - 1794
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 110
Among musicians born in Ukraine, Emil Gilels ranks 4. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Sviatoslav Richter (1915), and David Oistrakh (1908). After him are 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