1921 - 1994
Christian Georges Cziffra (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈt͡sifrɒ]; born Cziffra Krisztián György; 5 November 1921 – 15 January 1994) was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Among his teachers was Ernő Dohnányi, a pupil of István Thoman, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.Born in Budapest, he became a French national in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of György Cziffra has received more than 177,464 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. György Cziffra is the 159th most popular musician (up from 205th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Musician.
György Cziffra was a Hungarian pianist and composer. He is most famous for his interpretations of the music of Franz Liszt.
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Among musicians, György Cziffra ranks 159 out of 2,662. Before him are Frank Farian, Giovanni Battista Martini, Ziryab, Joseph Joachim, Claudio Arrau, and Pete Best. After him are Stan Getz, Don Cherry, Rudolf Schenker, Caetano Veloso, Bono, and Chris Slade.
1941 - 2024
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 153
1706 - 1784
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 154
789 - 857
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 155
1831 - 1907
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 156
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 157
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 158
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 159
1927 - 1991
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 160
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 161
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 162
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 163
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 164
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 165
Among people born in 1921, György Cziffra ranks 45. Before him are Georges Brassens, Dirk Bogarde, Akio Morita, Edgar Morin, Herschel Grynszpan, and Arthur Leonard Schawlow. After him are Zdeněk Miler, Nexhmije Hoxha, Lydia Litvyak, Abdul Salam Arif, Paul Schäfer, and Alida Valli. Among people deceased in 1994, György Cziffra ranks 41. Before him are Marija Gimbutas, Raul Julia, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Paul Delvaux, Juvénal Habyarimana, and Fernando Rey. After him are André Michel Lwoff, Jeffrey Dahmer, Pujie, Jessica Tandy, Niels Kaj Jerne, and Jean-Louis Barrault.
1921 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 39
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 40
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 41
1921 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 42
1921 - 1942
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 43
1921 - 1999
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 44
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 45
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 46
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 47
1921 - 1943
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 48
1921 - 1966
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 49
1921 - 2010
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 50
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 51
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 35
1940 - 1994
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 36
1913 - 1994
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 37
1897 - 1994
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 38
1937 - 1994
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 39
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 40
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 41
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 42
1960 - 1994
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 43
1907 - 1994
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 44
1909 - 1994
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 45
1911 - 1994
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 46
1910 - 1994
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 47
Among people born in Hungary, György Cziffra ranks 85 out of 866. Before him are Irene of Hungary (1088), Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917), Theodore von Kármán (1881), Đurađ Branković (1377), István Szabó (1938), and Stephen II of Hungary (1101). After him are Margaret Mahler (1897), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831), Ladislaus II of Hungary (1131), Georg von Békésy (1899), Ferdinand Čatloš (1895), and Kinga of Poland (1224).
1088 - 1134
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 79
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 80
1881 - 1963
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 81
1377 - 1456
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 82
1938 - Present
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 83
1101 - 1131
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 84
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 85
1897 - 1985
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 86
1831 - 1903
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 87
1131 - 1163
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 88
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 89
1895 - 1972
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 90
1224 - 1292
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 91
Among musicians born in Hungary, György Cziffra ranks 1. After him are Arthur Nikisch (1855), Leopold Auer (1845), Géza Anda (1921), Rezső Seress (1889), András Schiff (1953), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Annie Fischer (1914), Tommy Ramone (1949), Carl Flesch (1873), Jenő Hubay (1858), and Gábor Szabó (1936).
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 1
1855 - 1922
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 2
1845 - 1930
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 3
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 4
1889 - 1968
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 5
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 6
1899 - 1985
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 7
1914 - 1995
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 8
1949 - 2014
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 9
1873 - 1944
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 10
1858 - 1937
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 11
1936 - 1982
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 12