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Jacob Gade

1879 - 1963

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Jacob Thune Hansen Gade (29 November 1879 – 20 February 1963) was a Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Gade has received more than 72,845 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Gade is the 500th most popular musician (down from 448th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 201st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jacob Gade ranks 500 out of 3,175. Before him are Ole Bull, Gato Barbieri, Loreena McKennitt, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Wilder, and Robert de Visée. After him are Tommy Ramone, Phil Lynott, Steve Hackett, Géza Anda, Jacques Loussier, and Michel Petrucciani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Jacob Gade ranks 73. Before him are Bernhard Schmidt, Dwight F. Davis, Agrippina Vaganova, Jacques Copeau, Jane Darwell, and Samuel Goldwyn. After him are Alla Nazimova, Aimo Cajander, Sándor Garbai, Hu Hanmin, Henri Wallon, and Eli Heckscher. Among people deceased in 1963, Jacob Gade ranks 66. Before him are W. E. B. Du Bois, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Jacobus Oud, Ngô Đình Nhu, Fazlollah Zahedi, and Berthold, Margrave of Baden. After him are Jacques Villon, Sarit Thanarat, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Margaret Murray, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Rahul Sankrityayan.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jacob Gade ranks 212 out of 1,032. Before him are Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Jens Otto Krag (1914), Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Marie Krøyer (1867), Søren Lerby (1958), and Henning Larsen (1925). After him are Rorik of Dorestad (900), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), King Diamond (1956), and Peter Andreas Hansen (1795).

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Among MUSICIANS In Denmark

Among musicians born in Denmark, Jacob Gade ranks 3. Before him are Victor Borge (1909), and Lars Ulrich (1963). After him are Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Svend Asmussen (1916), Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), John Tchicai (1936), Kai Winding (1922), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), and Trentemøller (1972).

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