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Jan Kiepura

1902 - 1966

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Jan Wiktor Kiepura (Polish: [kjɛˈpura]; May 16, 1902 – August 15, 1966) was a Polish opera singer (lyric tenor / lirico spinto, Heldentenor) and actor. He enjoyed a successful international career and performed at leading concert halls around the world including La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Opéra-Comique, La Fenice and Teatro Colón. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Kiepura has received more than 104,787 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Kiepura is the 883rd most popular singer (down from 802nd in 2019), the 770th most popular biography from Poland (down from 711th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Singer.

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  • 100k

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  • 51.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jan Kiepura ranks 883 out of 4,381. Before him are Chiquito de la Calzada, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Sabahudin Kurt, Aino Ackté, Liane Augustin, and Katja Ebstein. After him are Alessandro Safina, Gérard Lenorman, Marilyn Horne, Milka Ternina, Dave Benton, and Richard Carpenter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Jan Kiepura ranks 182. Before him are Juan Evaristo, Henry Hansen, Emanuel Feuermann, Carlos Vidal, Vissarion Shebalin, and Manuel Seoane. After him are Margaret Hamilton, Sylvain Arend, Henri Saint Cyr, Moderato Wisintainer, Miriam Hopkins, and Flora Robson. Among people deceased in 1966, Jan Kiepura ranks 121. Before him are Albrecht Brandi, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Sylvère Maes, Ernest Burgess, and Courtney Hodges. After him are Jan Brzechwa, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Pierre Montet, Erich Pommer, Emil Julius Gumbel, and Petar Radaković.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jan Kiepura ranks 770 out of 1,694. Before him are Kazimierz Bein (1872), Mordechai Gebirtig (1877), Zacharias Ursinus (1534), Anna Wierzbicka (1938), Holger Czukay (1938), and Katja Ebstein (1945). After him are Rudolph Maté (1898), Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909), Sam Warner (1887), Marcin Kromer (1512), Marlene Schmidt (1937), and Kurd Lasswitz (1848).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Jan Kiepura ranks 7. Before him are Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915), Marek Grechuta (1945), Maryla Rodowicz (1945), Miliza Korjus (1905), Basia (1954), and Katja Ebstein (1945). After him are Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Urszula Dudziak (1943), Anna Jantar (1950), Jean de Reszke (1850), and Olga Jackowska (1951).

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