1944 - Today
Maria João Alexandre Barbosa Pires (Portuguese: [mɐˈɾi.ɐ ʒwɐ̃w ˈpiɾɨʃ]; born 23 July 1944) is a Portuguese classical pianist, widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of the repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria João Pires has received more than 316,469 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Maria João Pires is the 202nd most popular musician (up from 288th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 106th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Musician.
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Among musicians, Maria João Pires ranks 202 out of 2,662. Before her are Nikolai Rubinstein, Gidon Kremer, Jaco Pastorius, Violeta Parra, Rory Gallagher, and Giovanni Battista Viotti. After her are Georges Prêtre, Joe Satriani, Nelson Freire, Pete Seeger, Jean-Marie Leclair, and Dinu Lipatti.
1835 - 1881
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 196
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 197
1951 - 1987
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 198
1917 - 1967
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 199
1948 - 1995
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 200
1755 - 1824
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 201
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 202
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 203
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 204
1944 - 2021
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 205
1919 - 2014
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 206
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 207
1917 - 1950
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 208
Among people born in 1944, Maria João Pires ranks 67. Before her are Rudy Giuliani, Jonathan Demme, Bora Milutinović, Norodom Ranariddh, Udo Kier, and Peter Weir. After her are David J. Wineland, Bernard Cornwell, Nelson Freire, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Jean-Pierre Sauvage, and Günter Netzer.
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 61
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 62
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 63
1944 - 2021
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 64
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 65
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 66
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 67
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 68
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 69
1944 - 2021
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 70
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 71
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 72
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 73
Among people born in Portugal, Maria João Pires ranks 84 out of 555. Before her are João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), António de Spínola (1910), Joan of Portugal (1439), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Diogo Dias (1450), and Beatrice of Portugal (1373). After her are Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Luís Figo (1972), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), and António, Prior of Crato (1531).
1537 - 1554
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 78
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 79
1439 - 1475
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 80
1450 - 1510
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 81
1450 - 1500
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 82
1373 - 1420
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 83
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 84
1797 - 1818
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 85
1509 - 1583
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 86
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 87
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 88
1080 - 1130
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 89
1531 - 1595
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 90
Among musicians born in Portugal, Maria João Pires ranks 1. After her are Nuno Bettencourt (1966) and Cristina Branco (1972).
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 1
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 2
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 3