MUSICIAN

Michel Petrucciani

1962 - 1999

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Michel Petrucciani (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl petʁutʃani]; Italian: [petrutˈtʃaːni]; 28 December 1962 – 6 January 1999) was a French jazz pianist. From birth he had osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic disease that causes brittle bones and, in his case, short stature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michel Petrucciani has received more than 659,702 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Michel Petrucciani is the 506th most popular musician (up from 517th in 2019), the 2,370th most popular biography from France (down from 2,355th in 2019) and the 24th most popular French Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michel Petrucciani ranks 506 out of 3,175Before him are Jacob Gade, Tommy Ramone, Phil Lynott, Steve Hackett, Géza Anda, and Jacques Loussier. After him are Rita Lee, Chad Smith, Robert Miles, Colin Burgess, Bert Kaempfert, and Nelson Freire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Michel Petrucciani ranks 76Before him are Chuck Palahniuk, François-Henri Pinault, Matt Cameron, Srettha Thavisin, Alain Robert, and Joan Cusack. After him are Takashi Murakami, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Stefan Hell, James Kottak, Stefan Kuntz, and Sebastian Koch. Among people deceased in 1999, Michel Petrucciani ranks 79Before him are Ri Jong-ok, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, András Hegedüs, Viacheslav Chornovil, Phaedon Gizikis, and Giant Baba. After him are Peko Dapčević, Victor Mature, Alf Ramsey, Sylvia Sidney, Shankar Dayal Sharma, and Ilmari Juutilainen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Michel Petrucciani ranks 2,370 out of 6,770Before him are Gaston Paris (1839), Line Renaud (1928), Jacques Loussier (1934), Jean Carmet (1920), Aleksandar Petrović (1929), and Boniface, Count of Savoy (1244). After him are Raymond Duchamp-Villon (1876), Maurice Joly (1829), Léa Seydoux (1985), Claude Zidi (1934), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), and Yvan Goll (1891).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Michel Petrucciani ranks 24Before him are Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Manitas de Plata (1921), Marguerite Long (1874), Yann Tiersen (1970), Ginette Neveu (1919), and Jacques Loussier (1934). After him are Claude Bolling (1930), Guy Bonnet (1945), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944), Paul Tortelier (1914), and Bob Sinclar (1969).