MUSICIAN

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 184,531 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2019). Leonid Kogan is the 340th most popular musician (down from 265th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 164th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ukrainian Musician.

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  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Leonid Kogan ranks 340 out of 3,175. Before him are Johnny Ramone, John McLaughlin, Fred Durst, Jan Garbarek, Alicia de Larrocha, and Matteo Carcassi. After him are Peter Criss, Florian Schneider, Robbie Robertson, Bruno Mars, George Young, and Gustavo Santaolalla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Leonid Kogan ranks 90. Before him are Kenneth Kaunda, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Ottmar Walter, Paul Desmond, Arthur Danto, and Vasil Bykaŭ. After him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Jacques Vergès, Roza Shanina, Tengiz Abuladze, Robert Frank, and Noboru Takeshita. Among people deceased in 1982, Leonid Kogan ranks 75. Before him are Elis Regina, Ville Ritola, Pierre Balmain, Jack Swigert, Tadj ol-Molouk, and Jakov Gotovac. After him are Wifredo Lam, Werner Naumann, Roberto Calvi, King Vidor, Henry King, and Jean Girault.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leonid Kogan ranks 216 out of 1,365. Before him are Bion of Borysthenes (-325), Yaakov Dori (1899), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), Jarosław Dąbrowski (1836), Waldemar Haffkine (1860), and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky (1918). After him are Pavel Sudoplatov (1907), Alexandru Averescu (1859), Filaret (1929), Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko (1883), Leonid Pasternak (1862), and Igor Svyatoslavich (1151).

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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 Alexander Siloti (1863), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Felix Blumenfeld (1863), and Karol Mikuli (1821).

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