MUSICIAN

Francisco Canaro

1888 - 1964

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Francisco Canaro, also known by the nickname Pirincho, (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader. Canaro was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay, in 1888. His parents were Italian immigrants, and later, when he was less than 10 years old, they emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Canaro has received more than 94,673 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Canaro is the 757th most popular musician (down from 743rd in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 65th in 2019) and the most popular Uruguayan Musician.

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  • 19

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  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Francisco Canaro ranks 757 out of 3,175. Before him are Jim Croce, Peter Machajdík, Frank Beard, Pink Anderson, Željko Joksimović, and Alice. After him are Ira Gershwin, Jimmy Smith, Arkady Luxemburg, Theo Jörgensmann, Sigiswald Kuijken, and Enrique Fernández Arbós.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Francisco Canaro ranks 123. Before him are Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Josef Beran, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Friedrich Wolf, Hans Graf von Sponeck, and Antonio Ascari. After him are Viktor Kingissepp, Joachim Lemelsen, Kan Kikuchi, Barry Fitzgerald, Kaarel Eenpalu, and Mary Eristavi. Among people deceased in 1964, Francisco Canaro ranks 90. Before him are Ben Hecht, Aleksander Zawadzki, Heinrich von Brentano, Otto Ciliax, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, and Maithili Sharan Gupt. After him are Charilaos Vasilakos, Bodil Ipsen, Abbās al-Aqqād, Sofoklis Venizelos, Bernhard Goetzke, and Eugen Sänger.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Francisco Canaro ranks 72 out of 444. Before him are Aparicio Méndez (1904), Delmira Agustini (1886), Alfredo Foglino (1892), Emilio Recoba (1904), Juan Antonio Lavalleja (1784), and Javier Ambrois (1932). After him are Matías González (1925), Luis Lacalle Pou (1973), Carlos Romero (1927), Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1897), Julio Pérez (1926), and Zoilo Saldombide (1905).

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Among MUSICIANS In Uruguay

Among musicians born in Uruguay, Francisco Canaro ranks 1. After him are Gerardo Matos Rodríguez (1897), and Daniel Viglietti (1939).

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