1950 - Today
Grigory Lipmanovich Sokolov (Russian: Григо́рий Ли́пманович Соколо́в; born April 18, 1950) is a Russian pianist. He is among the most esteemed of living pianists, his repertoire spanning composers from the Baroque period such as Bach, Couperin or Rameau up to Schoenberg and Arapov. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Grigory Sokolov has received more than 269,557 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Grigory Sokolov is the 440th most popular musician (down from 387th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Russia (down from 585th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Musician.
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Among musicians, Grigory Sokolov ranks 440 out of 2,675. Before him are Glenn Tipton, Franco Battiato, Gerry Mulligan, Peter Schreier, Tansen, and Dee Dee Ramone. After him are Flea, Randy Rhoads, Jason Newsted, Bronisław Huberman, Jermaine Jackson, and Leonardo De Lorenzo.
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 434
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 435
1927 - 1996
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 436
1935 - 2019
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 437
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 438
1951 - 2002
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 439
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 440
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 441
1956 - 1982
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 442
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 443
1882 - 1947
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 444
1954 - Present
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 445
1875 - 1962
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 446
Among people born in 1950, Grigory Sokolov ranks 85. Before him are Corinne Cléry, John Candy, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Bernie Taupin, Karen Carpenter, and Lakshmi Mittal. After him are Javier Clemente, Mithun Chakraborty, Chantal Akerman, Neda Ukraden, Anghel Iordănescu, and Yumi Umeoka.
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 79
1950 - 1994
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 80
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 81
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 82
1950 - 1983
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 83
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 84
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 85
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 86
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 87
1950 - 2015
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 88
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 89
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 90
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 91
Among people born in Russia, Grigory Sokolov ranks 621 out of 2,688. Before him are George Sanders (1906), Nicolas de Staël (1914), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Markian Popov (1902), Maria Bochkareva (1889), and Sergey Sazonov (1860). After him are Alexandre Benois (1870), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Dersu Uzala (1849), Mikhail Nesterov (1862), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), and Catherine of Brandenburg (1604).
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 615
1914 - 1955
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 616
1764 - 1807
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 617
1902 - 1969
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 618
1889 - 1920
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 619
1860 - 1927
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 620
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 621
1870 - 1960
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 622
1894 - 1958
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 623
1849 - 1908
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 624
1862 - 1942
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 625
1941 - 1990
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 626
1604 - 1649
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 627
Among musicians born in Russia, Grigory Sokolov ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Glazunov (1865), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1937), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), and Valery Gergiev (1953). After him are Nikolai Zverev (1832), Edgar Froese (1944), Rudolf Barshai (1924), Lev Oborin (1907), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Lazar Berman (1930), and Evgeny Kissin (1971).
1865 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 2
1835 - 1881
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 3
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 5
1832 - 1893
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 6
1944 - 2015
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 7
1924 - 2010
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 8
1907 - 1974
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 10
1930 - 2005
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 12