SINGER

Martti Talvela

1935 - 1989

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Martti Olavi Talvela (4 February 1935 – 23 July 1989) was a Finnish operatic bass. Born in Hiitola, Finland (now in the Republic of Karelia), the eighth of ten children he studied in Lahti and Stockholm, and made his operatic debut in Helsinki in 1960 as Sparafucile. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martti Talvela has received more than 66,371 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Martti Talvela is the 682nd most popular singer (down from 634th in 2019), the 1,061st most popular biography from Russia (down from 982nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Martti Talvela ranks 682 out of 4,381. Before him are Lola Novaković, Alexander Rybak, Ronnie Van Zant, Malena Ernman, Philipp Kirkorov, and Alan Tam. After him are Helen Reddy, Robertino Loreti, Lee Hazlewood, Grethe Ingmann, Angelo Branduardi, and Peggy March.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Martti Talvela ranks 179. Before him are Shūji Terayama, Zeev Sternhell, Milena Vukotic, Don Norman, Lola Novaković, and Geoffrey Lewis. After him are Ghita Nørby, Letizia Battaglia, Akihiro Miwa, Herb Alpert, La Monte Young, and Giacomo Losi. Among people deceased in 1989, Martti Talvela ranks 120. Before him are Arnaldo Ochoa, Michał Rola-Żymierski, Riccardo Morandi, Joe Spinell, Mouloud Mammeri, and Guy Laroche. After him are Robert Penn Warren, Chen Boda, Yuliya Solntseva, Abbie Hoffman, Armand Salacrou, and Georges Schehadé.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Martti Talvela ranks 1,061 out of 3,761. Before him are Endel Tulving (1927), Lev Oborin (1907), Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky (1824), Andrei Kirilenko (1906), Leonid Leonov (1899), and Dmitry Likhachov (1906). After him are Viktor Zolotov (1954), Joseph M. Schenck (1876), Fyodor Apraksin (1661), Natalya Estemirova (1958), Ludmila Savelyeva (1942), and Elena Mukhina (1960).

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Among SINGERS In Russia

Among singers born in Russia, Martti Talvela ranks 11. Before him are Viktor Tsoi (1962), Valery Leontiev (1949), Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), and Georg Ots (1920). After him are Elena Obraztsova (1939), Lyudmila Zykina (1929), Oleg Gazmanov (1951), Valentina Tolkunova (1946), Lena Katina (1984), and Julia Volkova (1985).

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