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Gato Barbieri

1932 - 2016

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Leandro "Gato" Barbieri (28 November 1932 – 2 April 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 356,088 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gato Barbieri is the 460th most popular musician (up from 461st in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Argentinean Musician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gato Barbieri ranks 460 out of 2,675. Before him are Wolfgang Sawallisch, Tony Sheridan, Shinichi Suzuki, Ivry Gitlis, Ben Webster, and Bill Viola. After him are Anne-Sophie Mutter, Ira Gershwin, Adam Levine, Gregor Piatigorsky, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Yann Tiersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Gato Barbieri ranks 135. Before him are Parry O'Brien, Frances E. Allen, Nichelle Nichols, Colville Young, Christy Brown, and Momoko Kōchi. After him are Vasily Aksyonov, Marisa Pavan, Félix Malloum, Joseph Zen, Bob Pettit, and Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Among people deceased in 2016, Gato Barbieri ranks 124. Before him are Peter Naur, Peter Shaffer, Gordie Howe, Franco Citti, Abe Vigoda, and Rudolf E. Kálmán. After him are Alexandre Astruc, Ferdinand Kübler, Meir Dagan, Curtis Hanson, Věra Čáslavská, and Jorge Batlle.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Gato Barbieri ranks 116 out of 900. Before him are Joseph Kessel (1898), José Manuel Moreno (1916), Julio Argentino Roca (1843), Ubaldo Fillol (1950), Onofre Marimón (1923), and Jorge Burruchaga (1962). After him are Alejandra Pizarnik (1936), Libertad Lamarque (1908), Gerardo Martino (1962), Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), Héctor Yazalde (1946), and Silvio Marzolini (1940).

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Among MUSICIANS In Argentina

Among musicians born in Argentina, Gato Barbieri ranks 5. Before him are Martha Argerich (1941), Lalo Schifrin (1932), Gustavo Santaolalla (1951), and Chris de Burgh (1948). After him are Osvaldo Pugliese (1905), Aníbal Troilo (1914), Juan d'Arienzo (1900), Charly García (1951), Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901), Gustavo Cerati (1959), and Dominic Miller (1960).

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