MUSICIAN

Gerardo Matos Rodríguez

1897 - 1948

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Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez (March 28, 1897 – April 25, 1948), also known as Becho, was a Uruguayan musician, composer and journalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerardo Matos Rodríguez has received more than 68,711 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerardo Matos Rodríguez is the 832nd most popular musician (down from 705th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Uruguay (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uruguayan Musician.

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  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez ranks 832 out of 3,175Before him are Snowy White, Éric Serra, Milt Jackson, Adrien-François Servais, Dorival Caymmi, and Mischa Elman. After him are Peter Winter, Arturo Sandoval, Robert Casadesus, Mulatu Astatke, Abdullah Ibrahim, and Jorge Bolet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez ranks 172Before him are Gunta Stölzl, Erwin von Lahousen, André Marie, Dorothy Day, Maximus V of Constantinople, and Werner Voss. After him are Kurt Feldt, Adolfo Baloncieri, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Dorothy Arzner, Paavo Talvela, and Kazimierz Nowak. Among people deceased in 1948, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez ranks 106Before him are Charles Evans Hughes, Alfred Kerr, Vicente Huidobro, Monteiro Lobato, Henri-Alexandre Deslandres, and Kan Kikuchi. After him are Aldo Leopold, Richard Tauber, Eugen Slutsky, Hulusi Behçet, Avetis Aharonian, and Fred Niblo.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez ranks 76 out of 444Before him are Juan Antonio Lavalleja (1784), Javier Ambrois (1932), Francisco Canaro (1888), Matías González (1925), Luis Lacalle Pou (1973), and Carlos Romero (1927). After him are Julio Pérez (1926), Zoilo Saldombide (1905), Juan Carlos González (1924), Aníbal Paz (1917), William Martínez (1928), and Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920).

Among MUSICIANS In Uruguay

Among musicians born in Uruguay, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez ranks 2Before him are Francisco Canaro (1888). After him are Daniel Viglietti (1939).