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Josef Suk

1929 - 2011

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Josef Suk (8 August 1929 – 7 July 2011) was a Czech violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor. In his home country he carried the title of National Artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Suk has received more than 17,121 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Josef Suk is the 602nd most popular musician (down from 593rd in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 288th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Josef Suks by language

Over the past year Josef Suk has had the most page views in the with 13,394 views, followed by Japanese (4,998), and German (4,066). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (92.50%), Ukrainian (45.71%), and Czech (42.35%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Josef Suk ranks 602 out of 3,175. Before him are Tommy Bolin, Lazar Berman, Stephen Kovacevich, Oliver Riedel, Nick Simper, and Ahmad Jamal. After him are Armando Manzanero, Antonio Bazzini, Ingrid Haebler, Edgar Froese, Ivo Pogorelić, and Claude-Michel Schönberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Josef Suk ranks 172. Before him are Claude Rich, Zeca Afonso, Charles Tilly, Anne Meara, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, and Elio Petri. After him are Nargis, Anne Ramsey, Andrew Bertie, Frano Selak, Gastone Moschin, and Fred Sinowatz. Among people deceased in 2011, Josef Suk ranks 128. Before him are Abdul Fatah Younis, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, María Elena Walsh, Jack Kevorkian, Inese Jaunzeme, and Lazar Mojsov. After him are Susannah York, Édouard Glissant, Peter Yates, Andy Whitfield, Hella Haasse, and Osamu Dezaki.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Suk ranks 295 out of 1,200. Before him are Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Karel Kramář (1860), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862), Jan Fischer (1951), and Vladimír Remek (1948). After him are Alois Musil (1868), Anton Schindler (1795), Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia (981), Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal (1854), Miloslav Vlk (1932), and Antonín Mrkos (1918).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Josef Suk ranks 9. Before him are David Popper (1843), Jan Kubelík (1880), Rudolf Serkin (1903), Jan Hammer (1948), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), and Wojciech Żywny (1756). After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Ivan Mládek (1942), Eduard Nápravník (1839), Miroslav Vitouš (1947), Franz Konwitschny (1901), and Ignaz Brüll (1846).

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