1932 - 1982
Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; 25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was among the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Gould has received more than 2,442,971 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Glenn Gould is the 62nd most popular musician (down from 61st in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Canada (down from 16th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Musician.
Glenn Gould is most famous for his recordings of Bach's "The Goldberg Variations" and for his idiosyncratic style of playing the piano.
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Among musicians, Glenn Gould ranks 62 out of 2,662. Before him are Victor Borge, Charlie Parker, Robert Johnson, Ritchie Blackmore, Giorgio Moroder, and Pablo Casals. After him are Pablo de Sarasate, Chet Baker, Django Reinhardt, Carlos Santana, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and André Rieu.
1909 - 2000
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 56
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 57
1911 - 1938
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 58
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 59
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 60
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 61
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 62
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 63
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 64
1910 - 1953
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 65
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 66
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 67
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1932, Glenn Gould ranks 18. Before him are Cesare Maldini, Abebe Bikila, Peter O'Toole, Roh Tae-woo, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, and Anouk Aimée. After him are Dian Fossey, Sylvia Plath, Fernando Botero, Víctor Jara, Pat Morita, and Raisa Gorbacheva. Among people deceased in 1982, Glenn Gould ranks 18. Before him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Anna Freud, Erving Goffman, Vasily Chuikov, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Jacques Tati. After him are Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Barack Obama Sr., Louis Aragon, Gala Dalí, Karl von Frisch, and Hans Selye.
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 12
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 13
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 15
1932 - 2001
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 17
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 18
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 19
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 20
1932 - 2023
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 21
1932 - 1973
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 22
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 23
1932 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1916 - 1982
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 12
1895 - 1982
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 13
1922 - 1982
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 14
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 15
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 16
1907 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 17
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 18
1912 - 1982
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 19
1936 - 1982
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 20
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 21
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 22
1886 - 1982
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 23
1907 - 1982
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 24
Among people born in Canada, Glenn Gould ranks 18 out of 1,350. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Christopher Plummer (1929), James Cameron (1954), Celine Dion (1968), Frederick Banting (1891), and Margaret Atwood (1939). After him are Michael J. Fox (1961), David Cronenberg (1943), Eric Berne (1910), Saul Bellow (1915), William Shatner (1931), and Gilles Villeneuve (1950).
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 12
1929 - 2021
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 14
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 15
1891 - 1941
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 16
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 17
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 19
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 20
1910 - 1970
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 21
1915 - 2005
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 22
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 23
1950 - 1982
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 24
Among musicians born in Canada, Glenn Gould ranks 2. Before him are Leonard Cohen (1934). After him are Neil Young (1945), Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Loreena McKennitt (1957), David Foster (1949), Gil Evans (1912), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Neil Peart (1952), and Robbie Robertson (1943).
1934 - 2016
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 1
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 3
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 4
1925 - 2007
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 8
1912 - 1988
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 9
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 10
1952 - 2020
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 11
1943 - 2023
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 12