MUSICIAN

Henryk Szeryng

1918 - 1988

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Henryk Bolesław Szeryng (usually pronounced HEN-r-ik SHEH-r-in-g) (22 September 1918 – 3 March 1988) was a Polish-Mexican violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henryk Szeryng has received more than 167,548 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Henryk Szeryng is the 258th most popular musician (down from 250th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Poland (down from 246th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Musician.

Henryk Szeryng is most famous for his performances on the violin. He is a virtuoso and a soloist.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Henryk Szeryng ranks 258 out of 3,175. Before him are Peter Tosh, Beck, Wanda Landowska, Chico Buarque, Bob Klose, and Toots Thielemans. After him are Karl Jenkins, Heinrich Neuhaus, Paul Stanley, Steve Harris, Billy Idol, and Eddie Van Halen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Henryk Szeryng ranks 63. Before him are Anna Mani, François Tombalbaye, E. Howard Hunt, Lila Kedrova, Derek Barton, and Sam Walton. After him are W. Eugene Smith, Gabriel Axel, Kakuei Tanaka, Edwin G. Krebs, Takashi Kasahara, and Robert Aldrich. Among people deceased in 1988, Henryk Szeryng ranks 37. Before him are Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, Giuseppe Saragat, Franz Josef Strauss, Hermann Graf, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. After him are Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ana Aslan, Willem Drees, Chico Mendes, Muzafer Sherif, and Trường Chinh.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Henryk Szeryng ranks 266 out of 1,694. Before him are Franz Mehring (1846), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Wanda Landowska (1879), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), Konstanty Kalinowski (1838), and Gunderic (379). After him are Hugo Münsterberg (1863), Robert Wiene (1873), Jan Kochanowski (1530), Hans Kammler (1901), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), and Victor Klemperer (1881).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Henryk Szeryng ranks 5. Before him are Władysław Szpilman (1911), Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), and Wanda Landowska (1879). After him are Artur Schnabel (1882), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Josef Hofmann (1876), Christoph Eschenbach (1940), Bronisław Huberman (1882), and Julian Fontana (1810).

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