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Marie-Claire Alain

1926 - 2013

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Marie-Claire Geneviève Alain-Gommier (10 August 1926 – 26 February 2013) was a French organist, scholar and teacher best known for her prolific recording career, with 260 recordings, making her the most-recorded classical organist in the world. She taught many of the world's prominent organists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marie-Claire Alain has received more than 98,249 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Marie-Claire Alain is the 8,549th most popular politician (down from 7,861st in 2019), the 2,559th most popular biography from France (down from 2,357th in 2019) and the 594th most popular French Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Marie-Claire Alain has had the most page views in the with 9,904 views, followed by French (6,814), and German (3,283). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Franco-Provençal (59.43%), Latin (41.10%), and Luxembourgish (26.82%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 8,549 out of 19,576. Before her are Antoni Radziwiłł, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Väinö Tanner, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, Tacfarinas, and Mesut Yılmaz. After her are Antiochus IV of Commagene, Adama Barrow, Michael of Trebizond, García Fernández of Castile, Azali Assoumani, and Louis Riel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 148. Before her are Jean-Marie Lustiger, Raul Hilberg, Bhupen Hazarika, Jambyn Batmönkh, Joshua Fishman, and Don Rickles. After her are Morton Feldman, Peter Alexander, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Elias Hrawi, John Derek, and Jaba Ioseliani. Among people deceased in 2013, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 141. Before her are Chris Kyle, Mitja Ribičič, Shakuntala Devi, Mariangela Melato, Luis Cubilla, and Robert Ressler. After her are Harry Reems, Bill Foulkes, Karen Black, Hans Riegel, László Csatáry, and S. N. Goenka.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 2,559 out of 6,770. Before her are Marcellin Champagnat (1789), Eric Abidal (1979), Henri Desgrange (1865), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772), and Christophe Galtier (1966). After her are Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555), Simone Simon (1911), Alfred Loisy (1857), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), and Vladimir Jankélévitch (1903).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Marie-Claire Alain ranks 594. Before her are Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (1448), Jacques Laffitte (1767), Georges Cadoudal (1771), Charles Rogier (1800), Pierre Fournier (1906), and Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta (1772). After her are Jean-Pierre Raffarin (1948), Martine Aubry (1950), Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720), Étienne de Silhouette (1709), Eugène-Henri Gravelotte (1876), and Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (1760).

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