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Leonid Kogan

1924 - 1982

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Leonid Borisovich Kogan (Russian: Леонид Борисович Коган; Ukrainian: Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Kogan has received more than 170,925 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Leonid Kogan is the 265th most popular musician (up from 316th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 171st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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  • 170k

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  • 59.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Leonid Kogan ranks 265 out of 2,662. Before him are Arthur Nikisch, John Zorn, Fats Domino, Friedrich Gulda, Peter Tosh, and Sia. After him are Leopold Auer, Eddie Cochran, Oscar Peterson, Cozy Powell, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, and Art Tatum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Leonid Kogan ranks 71. Before him are Raj Kapoor, Ante Marković, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, André Franquin, Dorothy Malone, and Alexandre José Maria dos Santos. After him are Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Rauf Denktaş, Tomiichi Murayama, James Baldwin, Stanley Donen, and Kenneth Waltz. Among people deceased in 1982, Leonid Kogan ranks 61. Before him are Takashi Shimura, Sobhuza II, Mario Del Monaco, Colin Chapman, Eduardo Frei Montalva, and Leopold Trepper. After him are Giovanni Ferrari, Jack Swigert, Marty Feldman, Pierre Balmain, Bess Truman, and Vic Morrow.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Kogan ranks 165 out of 1,083. Before him are Shvarn (1230), Grigory Kulik (1890), Jan Łukasiewicz (1878), Richard von Mises (1883), Semion Mogilevich (1946), and Louis B. Mayer (1884). After him are Pavel Batitsky (1910), Valentina Matviyenko (1949), Sergey Gorshkov (1910), Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906), Marina Mniszech (1588), and Alexander Pechersky (1909).

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Among MUSICIANS In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Leonid Kogan ranks 7. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Sviatoslav Richter (1915), David Oistrakh (1908), Emil Gilels (1916), Isaac Stern (1920), and Heinrich Neuhaus (1888). After him are Igor Oistrakh (1931), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Nathan Milstein (1902), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Alexander Siloti (1863), and Arkady Luxemburg (1939).

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