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MUSICIAN

Markos Vamvakaris

1905 - 1972

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Markos Vamvakaris (Greek: Μάρκος Βαμβακάρης; 10 May 1905 – 8 February 1972), was a rebetiko musician. He is universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Markos Vamvakaris has received more than 109,116 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Markos Vamvakaris is the 999th most popular musician (down from 900th in 2019), the 610th most popular biography from Greece (down from 572nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Markos Vamvakaris ranks 999 out of 2,662Before him are Marky Ramone, Alexi Laiho, Eberhard Weber, Marty Balin, Tommy Johnson, and Yvonne Loriod. After him are Barry Harris, Martin Barre, Colin Burgess, Helmuth Rilling, Hélène Grimaud, and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Markos Vamvakaris ranks 186Before him are Mantovani, Zoilo Saldombide, Joel McCrea, Ernst Baier, Juan O'Gorman, and Fumiko Enchi. After him are Nise da Silveira, Conduelo Píriz, Xian Xinghai, Luis Vargas Peña, Karol Borsuk, and Oleksandr Korniychuk. Among people deceased in 1972, Markos Vamvakaris ranks 135Before him are Deniz Gezmiş, Arthur Russell, Solomon Lefschetz, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Balys Dvarionas, and Antal Szabó. After him are Gavriil Popov, Günter Eich, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Gottfried Fuchs, Hermann Boehm, and Oleksandr Korniychuk.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Markos Vamvakaris ranks 610 out of 936Before him are Dimitrios Voulgaris (1803), Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Leo Allatius (1586), Cahit Arf (1910), and Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553). After him are Ioannis Grivas (1923), Petros Persakis (1879), Angelos Charisteas (1980), Onomacritus (-530), Demophon of Eleusis (null), and Tzannis Tzannetakis (1928).

Among MUSICIANS In Greece

Among musicians born in Greece, Markos Vamvakaris ranks 4Before him are Yanni (1954), Terpander (-712), and Tommy Lee (1962). After him are Gina Bachauer (1913), Nikos Xilouris (1936), Leonidas Kavakos (1967), Steve Angello (1982), and Gus G (1980).