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Jón Leifs

1899 - 1968

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Jón Leifs (born Jón Þorleifsson on 1 May 1899 – 30 July 1968) was an Icelandic composer, pianist, and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jón Leifs has received more than 59,440 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Leifs is the 906th most popular composer (down from 833rd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 59k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jón Leifs ranks 906 out of 1,216. Before him are Franz Tunder, Michele Carafa, Franco Donatoni, Giovanni Maria Nanino, Othmar Schoeck, and Klaus Huber. After him are Silvestre Revueltas, Lev Knipper, Slavko Avsenik, Francesco Araja, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Jón Leifs ranks 149. Before him are Nevil Shute, Ramon Novarro, Yury Olesha, Aleksander Zawadzki, Susannah Mushatt Jones, and Armand Salacrou. After him are Silvestre Revueltas, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Edward Chamberlin, Gale Sondergaard, Nie Rongzhen, and Peter Wessel Zapffe. Among people deceased in 1968, Jón Leifs ranks 112. Before him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Joseph Keilberth, Ivan Pyryev, Ramon Novarro, Ludowika Jakobsson, and Mae Marsh. After him are Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Marion Lorne, Armando Castellazzi, Ibrahim Moustafa, and Robert Z. Leonard.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Leifs ranks 34 out of 180. Before him are Gunnar Hansen (1947), Geir Haarde (1951), Friðrik Ólafsson (1935), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214). After him are Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), Baltasar Kormákur (1966), Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963), and Erró (1932).

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Among COMPOSERS In Iceland

Among composers born in Iceland, Jón Leifs ranks 1. After him are Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847).

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