1920 - 2011
Karen Surenovich Khachaturian (Russian: Карэн Суренович Хачатурян, Armenian: Կարեն Խաչատրյան) (Moscow, 19 September 1920 – Moscow, 19 July 2011) was a Soviet and Russian composer of Armenian ethnicity and the nephew of composer Aram Khachaturian. Khachaturian was born in Moscow, the son of Suren Khachaturian, a theatrical director. His studies under Genrikh Litinsky at the Moscow Conservatory were interrupted by a term of duty in the entertainment division of the Red Army. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karen Khachaturian has received more than 54,513 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Karen Khachaturian is the 956th most popular composer (down from 898th in 2019), the 1,295th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,146th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Russian Composer.
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Among composers, Karen Khachaturian ranks 956 out of 1,216. Before him are Marvin Hamlisch, Wilhelm Kienzl, Tan Dun, Édouard Deldevez, Marcos Portugal, and Joseph Hellmesberger Sr.. After him are Walter Braunfels, Maximilian Steinberg, Nicola Vicentino, Patrick Doyle, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, and Toshi Ichiyanagi.
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 950
1857 - 1941
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 951
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 952
1817 - 1897
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 953
1762 - 1830
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 954
1828 - 1893
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 955
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 956
1882 - 1954
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 957
1883 - 1946
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 958
1511 - 1576
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 959
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 960
1679 - 1750
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 961
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 962
Among people born in 1920, Karen Khachaturian ranks 212. Before him are Lydia Wideman, Gabrielle Wittkop, Virginia Mayo, Camillo Felgen, Michel Audiard, and Janet Jagan. After him are Siegfried Buback, Ross Martin, Tony Randall, Stanko Todorov, Bengt Ekerot, and Andrew V. McLaglen. Among people deceased in 2011, Karen Khachaturian ranks 201. Before him are Josefa Iloilo, Robert Ettinger, Bhimsen Joshi, Ingvar Wixell, Jiří Dienstbier, and Harry Morgan. After him are Arnfinn Bergmann, Hidemaro Watanabe, Jacques Fatton, Inge Sørensen, Sakyo Komatsu, and Nirmala Srivastava.
1920 - 2019
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 206
1920 - 2002
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 207
1920 - 2005
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 208
1920 - 2005
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 209
1920 - 1985
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 210
1920 - 2009
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 211
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 212
1920 - 1977
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 213
1920 - 1981
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 214
1920 - 2004
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 215
1920 - 1996
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 216
1920 - 1971
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 217
1920 - 2014
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 218
1920 - 2011
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 195
1918 - 2011
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 196
1922 - 2011
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 197
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 198
1937 - 2011
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 199
1915 - 2011
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 200
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 201
1928 - 2011
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 202
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 203
1925 - 2011
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 204
1924 - 2011
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 205
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 206
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 207
Among people born in Russia, Karen Khachaturian ranks 1,295 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexey Miller (1962), Vera Komissarzhevskaya (1864), Andrey Lukanov (1938), Semyon Bogdanov (1894), Pavel Chichagov (1767), and Yuliya Solntseva (1901). After him are Irina Solovyova (1937), Karl Maximovich (1827), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Alexander Men (1935), Sergei Makarov (1958), and Igor Chislenko (1939).
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 1,289
1864 - 1910
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 1,290
1938 - 1996
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 1,291
1894 - 1960
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 1,292
1767 - 1849
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 1,293
1901 - 1989
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 1,294
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 1,295
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 1,296
1827 - 1891
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 1,297
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 1,298
1935 - 1990
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 1,299
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 1,300
1939 - 1994
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 1,301
Among composers born in Russia, Karen Khachaturian ranks 45. Before him are Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752), Eduard Artemyev (1937), Erkki Melartin (1875), Ivan Larionov (1830), Alexander Serov (1820), and Vissarion Shebalin (1902). After him are Gavriil Popov (1904), Aulis Sallinen (1935), Sergei Vasilenko (1872), Hermann Goetz (1840), Shlomo Mintz (1957), and Nicolas Slonimsky (1894).
1752 - 1814
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 39
1937 - 2022
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 40
1875 - 1937
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 41
1830 - 1889
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 42
1820 - 1871
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 43
1902 - 1963
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 44
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 45
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 46
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 47
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 48
1840 - 1876
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 49
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 50
1894 - 1995
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 51