MUSICIAN

Manitas de Plata

1921 - 2014

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Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver"), was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Manitas de Plata has received more than 212,415 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Manitas de Plata is the 431st most popular musician (up from 456th in 2019), the 2,110th most popular biography from France (up from 2,142nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Manitas de Plata ranks 431 out of 3,175. Before him are Leopold Godowsky, Varg Vikernes, Kenny Loggins, Philly Joe Jones, Wallace Hartley, and Dan McCafferty. After him are Theodor Leschetizky, Nikolai Kapustin, Al Di Meola, Marguerite Long, Rudolf Serkin, and Josef Hofmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Manitas de Plata ranks 119. Before him are Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Betty Friedan, Arno Babajanian, Gavriil Ilizarov, Ralph Asher Alpher, and Stein Rokkan. After him are Deanna Durbin, Philippe de Gaulle, Branko Stanković, Gitta Sereny, Wolfgang Borchert, and Pierre Clostermann. Among people deceased in 2014, Manitas de Plata ranks 106. Before him are Björn Waldegård, Mário Coluna, Johnny Winter, Huber Matos, Ramón José Velásquez, and Leo Tindemans. After him are Serge Moscovici, Vasily Petrov, Shulamit Aloni, Ken Takakura, Marina Ginestà, and Alice Herz-Sommer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Manitas de Plata ranks 2,110 out of 6,770. Before him are John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Carle Vernet (1758), Louis Réard (1897), Henri Mouhot (1826), Madeleine of Valois (1520), and Fabre d'Églantine (1750). After him are John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), Charles Friedel (1822), Théodore de Banville (1823), Aimable Pélissier (1794), Théophile Delcassé (1852), and Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Manitas de Plata ranks 19. Before him are Louis Vierne (1870), Jacques Dutronc (1943), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Maurice André (1933), Michel Polnareff (1944), and Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665). After him are Marguerite Long (1874), Yann Tiersen (1970), Ginette Neveu (1919), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Petrucciani (1962), and Claude Bolling (1930).

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