MUSICIAN

Igor Oistrakh

1931 - 2021

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Igor Davidovich Oistrakh (Russian: И́горь Дави́дович О́йстрах; April 1931 – 14 August 2021) was a Soviet and Russian violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Igor Oistrakh has received more than 118,396 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Igor Oistrakh is the 515th most popular musician (down from 288th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 179th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Igor Oistrakh ranks 515 out of 3,175Before him are Robert Miles, Colin Burgess, Bert Kaempfert, Nelson Freire, Claude Bolling, and Suzanne Vega. After him are Sonny Boy Williamson I, Carlos Puebla, Bernie Taupin, Jason Newsted, James Taylor, and Maurice White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Igor Oistrakh ranks 149Before him are Josep Lluís Núñez, Tommy Lapid, Barbara Bain, Takashi Mizuno, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Dan Gurney. After him are Daniel Ellsberg, Roman Opałka, E. L. Doctorow, Guido de Marco, Claude Piron, and Magali Noël. Among people deceased in 2021, Igor Oistrakh ranks 154Before him are Kåre Willoch, George Shultz, Kurt Westergaard, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dilip Kumar, and Nelson Freire. After him are El Risitas, Elgin Baylor, Matthew Festing, Ed Asner, Lucía Hiriart, and Dani Karavan.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Igor Oistrakh ranks 317 out of 1,365Before him are Josyf Slipyj (1892), Alexius Meinong (1853), Igor Sergeyev (1938), Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757), Muhammad Asad (1900), and Cassandre (1901). After him are Pacatianus (200), Andrey Razumovsky (1752), Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841), Abraham Zapruder (1905), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), and Anthony of Kiev (983).

Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Igor Oistrakh ranks 11Before him are Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Alexander Siloti (1863), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), and Gregor Piatigorsky (1903). After him are Felix Blumenfeld (1863), Karol Mikuli (1821), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Mischa Elman (1891), Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), and Emanuel Feuermann (1902).