1918 - 1982
Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gara Garayev has received more than 82,227 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gara Garayev is the 509th most popular composer (down from 506th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 29th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Azerbaijani Composer.
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Among composers, Gara Garayev ranks 509 out of 1,216. Before him are Curt Sachs, John Blow, Max Richter, Johannes Ciconia, Christoph Graupner, and Friedrich Wieck. After him are Théodore Dubois, Karel Svoboda, Hans Krása, Hans Swarowsky, Bronius Kutavičius, and Manuel Ponce.
1881 - 1959
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 503
1649 - 1708
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 504
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 505
1370 - 1412
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 506
1683 - 1760
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 507
1785 - 1873
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 508
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 509
1837 - 1924
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 510
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 511
1899 - 1944
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 512
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 513
1932 - 2021
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 514
1886 - 1948
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 515
Among people born in 1918, Gara Garayev ranks 94. Before him are Huber Matos, Edwin G. Krebs, Anna Mani, Thomas Gordon, Lo Wei, and Shankar Dayal Sharma. After him are Joseph Wiseman, Dora Ratjen, Cicely Saunders, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Kazuo Sakamaki, and Ajahn Chah. Among people deceased in 1982, Gara Garayev ranks 82. Before him are Patrick Dewaere, Alma Reville, Werner Naumann, Ville Ritola, Shiro Teshima, and Otto Hofmann. After him are Kristján Eldjárn, Wifredo Lam, Jean Girault, Marcel Camus, Randy Rhoads, and Isa Miranda.
1918 - 2014
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 88
1918 - 2009
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 89
1918 - 2001
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 90
1918 - 2002
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 91
1918 - 1996
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 92
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 93
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 94
1918 - 2009
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 95
1918 - 2008
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 96
1918 - 2005
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 97
1918 - 1970
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 98
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 99
1918 - 1992
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 100
1947 - 1982
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 76
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 77
1909 - 1982
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 78
1896 - 1982
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 79
1907 - 1982
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 80
1896 - 1982
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 81
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 82
1916 - 1982
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 83
1902 - 1982
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 84
1924 - 1982
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 85
1912 - 1982
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 86
1956 - 1982
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 87
1909 - 1982
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 88
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Gara Garayev ranks 34 out of 189. Before him are Zarifa Aliyeva (1923), Tofiq Bahramov (1925), Hikmat Mirzayev (null), Ali Asadov (1956), Banine (1905), and Fatali Khan Khoyski (1875). After him are Vladimir Menshov (1939), Zeynab Khanlarova (1936), Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896), Vagit Alekperov (1950), Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906), and Samad Vurgun (1906).
1923 - 1985
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 29
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 30
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 31
1905 - 1992
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 32
1875 - 1920
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 33
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 34
1939 - 2021
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 35
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 36
1896 - 1956
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 37
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 38
1906 - 1977
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 39
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 40
Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Gara Garayev ranks 3. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885) and Fikret Amirov (1922). After him are Arif Malikov (1933), Avet Terterian (1929), Tofig Guliyev (1917), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947).
1885 - 1948
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 1
1922 - 1984
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 2
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 3
1933 - 2019
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 4
1929 - 1994
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 5
1917 - 2000
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 6
1938 - 2012
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 8