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George Russell

1923 - 2009

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George Allen Russell (June 23, 1923 – July 27, 2009) was an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Russell has received more than 71,297 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. George Russell is the 1,880th most popular musician (down from 1,600th in 2019), the 9,550th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,986th in 2019) and the 727th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Russells by language

Over the past year George Russell has had the most page views in the with 7,906 views, followed by French (3,203), and German (2,919). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (58.99%), Egyptian Arabic (51.64%), and Southern Azerbaijani (50.22%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, George Russell ranks 1,880 out of 3,175. Before him are Steve Smith, Lionel Tertis, Jerry Cantrell, Jerry Wexler, Sheila Jordan, and Kevin Moore. After him are Randy Weston, Fenriz, Hirokazu Tanaka, Ed O'Brien, Blue Mitchell, and Anthony Braxton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, George Russell ranks 423. Before him are Inge Keller, Óscar González, Ram Jethmalani, Mae Young, Albert Decourtray, and Ivano Blason. After him are James Dickey, Kenneth Lane, Vladimir Tendryakov, Mort Walker, Leonid Shamkovich, and Percy Heath. Among people deceased in 2009, George Russell ranks 333. Before him are Ken Henry, Frank Gardner, Héctor Rossetto, Chau Sen Cocsal Chhum, Jean Margéot, and Jorge Enrique Adoum. After him are Mildred Cohn, Chris Connor, Lou Albano, Stephen Gately, Nikolay Anikin, and Shyamala Gopalan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Russell ranks 9,550 out of 20,380. Before him are Brian Grazer (1951), Mary Eaton (1901), Karl Rove (1950), Horatio Greenough (1805), Ken Burns (1953), and Mindy Sterling (1953). After him are Norman Alden (1924), Arnold Denker (1914), Michael Wong (1965), Randy Weston (1926), Virginia Gregg (1916), and Jan Davis (1953).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, George Russell ranks 727. Before him are Chris Stein (1950), Steve Smith (1954), Jerry Cantrell (1966), Jerry Wexler (1917), Sheila Jordan (1928), and Kevin Moore (1967). After him are Randy Weston (1926), Blue Mitchell (1930), Anthony Braxton (1945), D. H. Peligro (1959), Suzanne Ciani (1946), and Otis Blackwell (1931).

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