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Gato Barbieri

1932 - 2016

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Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (November 28, 1932 – April 2, 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gato Barbieri has received more than 467,612 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gato Barbieri is the 495th most popular musician (down from 476th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Argentina (down from 108th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Argentinean Musician.

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  • 55.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gato Barbieri ranks 495 out of 3,175. Before him are Toquinho, Dick Taylor, Wojciech Żywny, Ginette Neveu, Pat Metheny, and Ole Bull. After him are Loreena McKennitt, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Wilder, Robert de Visée, Jacob Gade, and Tommy Ramone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gato Barbieri ranks 149. Before him are Chea Sim, Elena Poniatowska, Yukio Shimomura, Isao Tomita, Walter Cunningham, and Mustafa Tlass. After him are Vasily Aksyonov, Eleanor F. Helin, Guðbergur Bergsson, John Hillerman, Boris Shakhlin, and Dhirubhai Ambani. Among people deceased in 2016, Gato Barbieri ranks 134. Before him are Isao Tomita, Louis Pilot, Greg Lake, Franco Citti, Juan Gabriel, and Carmen Pereira. After him are Fredrik Barth, Neville Marriner, Maurice White, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Gordie Howe, and Roger Y. Tsien.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Gato Barbieri ranks 131 out of 1,154. Before him are Luis Bacalov (1933), Attilio Demaría (1909), Justo José de Urquiza (1801), Enrique Guaita (1910), Arturo Umberto Illia (1900), and Alfio Basile (1943). After him are José Félix Uriburu (1868), Mario Aurelio Poli (1947), Paulo Dybala (1993), Lionel Scaloni (1978), Arturo Frondizi (1908), and Juan Carlos Onganía (1914).

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Among MUSICIANS In Argentina

Among musicians born in Argentina, Gato Barbieri ranks 5. Before him are Martha Argerich (1941), Chris de Burgh (1948), Lalo Schifrin (1932), and Gustavo Santaolalla (1951). After him are Charly García (1951), Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Aníbal Troilo (1914), Gustavo Cerati (1959), Juan d'Arienzo (1900), Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901), and José Cura (1962).

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