1901 - 1987
Jascha Heifetz (; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 – December 10, 1987) was a Jewish-Russian-American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilnius, he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian classical violin style in St. Petersburg. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jascha Heifetz has received more than 978,269 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jascha Heifetz is the 118th most popular musician (up from 129th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Musician.
Jascha Heifetz is most famous for being a violinist. He was born in 1901 in Vilna, Lithuania.
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Among musicians, Jascha Heifetz ranks 118 out of 2,662. Before him are Andrés Segovia, Bernard Haitink, Fritz Kreisler, Benny Goodman, John Bonham, and Ronnie Wood. After him are Chick Corea, Neil Young, John Dowland, Sid Vicious, Bill Wyman, and Joe Hisaishi.
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 112
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 113
1875 - 1962
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 114
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 115
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 116
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 117
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 118
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 119
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 120
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 121
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 122
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 123
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 124
Among people born in 1901, Jascha Heifetz ranks 42. Before him are Ernest Lawrence, Ricardo Zamora, Nikolai Vatutin, Henning von Tresckow, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Carl Barks. After him are Arthur Liebehenschel, Alfred Tarski, Jaroslav Seifert, Louis Kahn, Henri Lefebvre, and José Nasazzi. Among people deceased in 1987, Jascha Heifetz ranks 22. Before him are John Huston, Lino Ventura, John Howard Northrop, William P. Murphy, Lee Byung-chul, and Andrés Segovia. After him are Fahri Korutürk, Jacqueline du Pré, Lee Marvin, Joseph Campbell, Jacques Anquetil, and Jean Anouilh.
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 36
1901 - 1978
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 37
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 38
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 39
1901 - 1968
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 40
1901 - 2000
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 41
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 42
1901 - 1948
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 43
1901 - 1983
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 44
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 45
1901 - 1974
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 46
1901 - 1991
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 47
1901 - 1968
HPI: 62.90
Rank: 48
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 16
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 17
1891 - 1987
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 18
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 19
1910 - 1987
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 20
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 21
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 22
1903 - 1987
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 23
1945 - 1987
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 24
1924 - 1987
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 25
1904 - 1987
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 26
1934 - 1987
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 27
1910 - 1987
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 28
Among people born in Lithuania, Jascha Heifetz ranks 19 out of 287. Before him are Pyotr Wrangel (1878), Kęstutis (1297), Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Petr Shelokhonov (1929), and Antanas Smetona (1874). After him are Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), Marija Gimbutas (1921), Vytautas Landsbergis (1932), Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904), Valdas Adamkus (1926), and Emilia Plater (1806).
1878 - 1928
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 13
1297 - 1382
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 14
1858 - 1922
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 15
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 16
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 17
1874 - 1944
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 18
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 19
1520 - 1551
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
1921 - 1994
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 21
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 22
1904 - 1936
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 23
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 24
1806 - 1831
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 25
Among musicians born in Lithuania, Jascha Heifetz ranks 1. After him are Leopold Godowsky (1870), Clara Rockmore (1911), Vlado Perlemuter (1904), Julian Rachlin (1974), and Alina Orlova (1988).
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 1
1870 - 1938
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 2
1911 - 1998
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 3
1904 - 2002
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 5
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.22
Rank: 6