MUSICIAN

János Starker

1924 - 2013

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János Starker (; Hungarian: [ˈʃtɒrkɛr]; July 5, 1924 – April 28, 2013) was a Hungarian-American cellist. From 1958 until his death, he taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he held the title of Distinguished Professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of János Starker has received more than 163,740 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. János Starker is the 1,265th most popular musician (down from 1,016th in 2019), the 502nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 377th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Hungarian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, János Starker ranks 1,265 out of 3,175. Before him are Anahit Tsitsikian, Pixinguinha, Jimmy Reed, Lita Ford, Gene Pitney, and Lee Ritenour. After him are Arthur De Greef, Elly Ney, Paul Gray, Vinnie Paul, Markus Grosskopf, and Emanuel Ax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, János Starker ranks 309. Before him are Heinz Müller, Ranasinghe Premadasa, Don Knotts, Roger Marche, Val Avery, and Attilio Giovannini. After him are Rafael Iglesias, Billy Barty, Alberto Uria, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal, Priscilla Pointer, and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy. Among people deceased in 2013, János Starker ranks 299. Before him are Ann-Britt Leyman, Manna Dey, Lorenzo Antonetti, Ingvar Rydell, Hal Needham, and Imre Nagy. After him are Valeri Zolotukhin, Nadezhda Popova, Judit Temes, Trevor Bolder, Marek Špilár, and Storm Thorgerson.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, János Starker ranks 502 out of 1,077. Before him are Attila Petschauer (1904), Andre DeToth (1913), János Simor (1813), Ferenc Csik (1913), Peter Carl Goldmark (1906), and İbrahim Peçevi (1574). After him are László Szabó (1936), Győző Kulcsár (1940), Éva Novák-Gerard (1930), Alfréd Haar (1885), Lily Kronberger (1890), and László Kovács (1933).

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Among MUSICIANS In Hungary

Among musicians born in Hungary, János Starker ranks 18. Before him are Lili Kraus (1903), Zoltán Kocsis (1952), Gábor Szabó (1936), Joseph Böhm (1795), Tamás Vásáry (1933), and Jenő Jandó (1952). After him are Andor Földes (1913), and ByeAlex (1984).

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