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Jacqueline du Pré

1945 - 1987

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Jacqueline Mary du Pré (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist. At a young age, she achieved enduring mainstream popularity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacqueline du Pré has received more than 2,261,579 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Jacqueline du Pré is the 127th most popular musician, the 513th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 541st in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Musician.

Jacqueline du Pré was a British cellist who is most famous for her virtuoso performances of the Bach Cello Suites.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jacqueline du Pré by language

Over the past year Jacqueline du Pré has had the most page views in the with 252,251 views, followed by French (42,262), and German (37,823). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (116.27%), Southern Azerbaijani (82.64%), and Egyptian Arabic (52.89%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jacqueline du Pré ranks 127 out of 3,175. Before her are Neil Young, Björk, Chris Isaak, Cyndi Lauper, Gary Moore, and Nat King Cole. After her are Mike Oldfield, Neil Peart, Fritz Kreisler, Pete Best, Ronnie Wood, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jacqueline du Pré ranks 42. Before her are Slobodan Praljak, Jean Nouvel, Mahmoud al-Zahar, Goldie Hawn, Jacky Ickx, and Neil Young. After her are John Lithgow, Douglas Osheroff, Anton Zeilinger, Roger Glover, Ram Nath Kovind, and Linda Hunt. Among people deceased in 1987, Jacqueline du Pré ranks 25. Before her are James Baldwin, Fahri Korutürk, Jascha Heifetz, Lino Ventura, Lee Byung-chul, and Lee Marvin. After her are John Huston, Georg Wittig, Jacques Anquetil, Jean Anouilh, Andrés Segovia, and Joseph Campbell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jacqueline du Pré ranks 513 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry the Young King (1155), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), Gary Moore (1952), Douglas Adams (1952), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), and William Wilberforce (1759). After her are Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Archer Martin (1910), Peter Gabriel (1950), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), and Raymond Cattell (1905).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jacqueline du Pré ranks 34. Before her are Lemmy (1945), John Bonham (1948), Sid Vicious (1957), Nick Mason (1944), John Dowland (1563), and Gary Moore (1952). After her are Mike Oldfield (1953), Ronnie Wood (1947), Roger Glover (1945), Malcolm Young (1953), Chris Slade (1946), and Tony Iommi (1948).

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