1947 - Today
Jan Garbarek (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈjɑːn ɡɑɾˈbɑ̀ːɾək]) (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław Garbarek, and a Norwegian farmer's daughter. He grew up in Oslo, stateless until the age of seven, as there was no automatic grant of citizenship in Norway at the time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Garbarek has received more than 432,140 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Garbarek is the 357th most popular musician (down from 323rd in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Norway (up from 86th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Musician.
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Among musicians, Jan Garbarek ranks 357 out of 2,662. Before him are Liberace, Florian Schneider, Farid al-Atrash, Gregor Piatigorsky, Domenico Alberti, and Leonardo De Lorenzo. After him are David Crosby, Agustín Barrios, Peter Criss, Leopold Godowsky, John Entwistle, and Mick Taylor.
1919 - 1987
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 351
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 352
1910 - 1974
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 353
1903 - 1976
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 354
1710 - 1746
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 355
1875 - 1962
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 356
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 357
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 358
1885 - 1944
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 359
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 360
1870 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 361
1944 - 2002
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 362
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 363
Among people born in 1947, Jan Garbarek ranks 109. Before him are Marc Bolan, Saskia Sassen, David Byron, Florian Schneider, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, and Hou Hsiao-hsien. After him are Jean-Yves Le Drian, Ted Danson, Lucas Papademos, Haji Mohammad Chamkani, Gérard Houllier, and Muhyiddin Yassin.
1947 - 1977
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 103
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1947 - 1985
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 105
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 106
1947 - 2019
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 107
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 108
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 109
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 110
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 111
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 112
1947 - 2012
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 113
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 114
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 115
Among people born in Norway, Jan Garbarek ranks 79 out of 927. Before him are Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Johan Svendsen (1840), Magnus IV of Norway (1115), Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Arne Næss (1912), and Herbjørg Wassmo (1942). After him are Stein Rokkan (1921), Eiríkr Hákonarson (957), Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042), Christian Michelsen (1857), Otto Sverdrup (1854), and Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway (1973).
1090 - 1130
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 73
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 74
1115 - 1139
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 75
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 76
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 77
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 78
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 79
1921 - 1979
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 80
957 - 1024
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 81
1042 - 1106
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 82
1857 - 1925
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 83
1854 - 1930
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 84
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 85
Among musicians born in Norway, Jan Garbarek ranks 1. After him are Varg Vikernes (1973), Ole Bull (1810), Euronymous (1968), John Norum (1964), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Magne Furuholmen (1962), Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Rolf Løvland (1955), Jan Axel Blomberg (1969), and Terje Rypdal (1947).
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1
1973 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 2
1810 - 1880
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 3
1968 - 1993
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 4
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 5
1847 - 1907
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 8
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 9
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 12