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Isaac Stern

1920 - 2001

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Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist. Born in Ukraine, Stern moved to the USA when he was 14 months old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Stern has received more than 764,716 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Isaac Stern is the 237th most popular musician (down from 231st in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 135th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

Isaac stern is most famous for his work in the field of astronomy. He was one of the first people to hypothesize that the Milky Way is made up of many stars, and he also helped to discover Uranus.

Memorability Metrics

  • 760k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Isaac Stern ranks 237 out of 3,175. Before him are Alan Parsons, Romano Mussolini, Ian Stewart, Farid al-Atrash, Alfred Brendel, and Luigi Tenco. After him are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Stéphane Grappelli, Khaled, Dave Mustaine, Émile Waldteufel, and Ludacris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Isaac Stern ranks 66. Before him are Timothy Leary, Setsuko Hara, Mario Beccaria, Tom of Finland, Gene Tierney, and Richard Farnsworth. After him are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ivan Kozhedub, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Albert Barillé, and Robert Whittaker. Among people deceased in 2001, Isaac Stern ranks 42. Before him are Charles Trenet, Juan Antonio Villacañas, Giovanni Leone, Balthus, Chung Ju-yung, and Anna Mani. After him are Donald J. Cram, Francisco Rabal, Jacques Mayol, David Graf, Edward Gierek, and Francisco da Costa Gomes.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Isaac Stern ranks 146 out of 1,365. Before him are Yaropolk I of Kiev (955), Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Shvarn (1230), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), and Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842). After him are Alfred Redl (1864), Kunigunda of Halych (1245), Jan Łukasiewicz (1878), Zinaida Serebriakova (1884), Ida Rubinstein (1883), and Ivan Kozhedub (1920).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Isaac Stern ranks 5. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Sviatoslav Richter (1915), David Oistrakh (1908), and Emil Gilels (1916). After him are Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Alexander Siloti (1863), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Igor Oistrakh (1931), and Felix Blumenfeld (1863).

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