1831 - 1894
Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck (Russian: Надежда Филаретовна фон Мекк; 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1831 – 13 January 1894) was a Russian businesswoman who became an influential patron of the arts, especially music. She is best known today for her artistic relationship with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, supporting him financially for thirteen years, so that he could devote himself full-time to composition, while stipulating that they were never to meet. Tchaikovsky dedicated his Symphony No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nadezhda von Meck has received more than 334,116 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nadezhda von Meck is the 1,193rd most popular religious figure (down from 967th in 2019), the 655th most popular biography from Russia (down from 454th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 1,193 out of 2,238. Before her are Filaret, Ram, Shenoute, Procopius of Scythopolis, Clement Mary Hofbauer, and Gregory V of Constantinople. After her are Simon Stock, Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr, Wim Hof, Alexander Schmorell, Renato Martino, and Benedict Joseph Labre.
1929 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 1,187
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 1,188
348 - 466
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 1,189
250 - 303
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 1,190
1751 - 1820
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 1,191
1745 - 1821
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,192
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,193
1164 - 1265
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,194
967 - 1049
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 1,195
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,196
1917 - 1943
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,197
1932 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 1,198
1748 - 1783
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 1,199
Among people born in 1831, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 33. Before her are Constantin Meunier, Anna Leonowens, Othniel Charles Marsh, Paul Durand-Ruel, Nikolai Ge, and Peter Nicolai Arbo. After her are George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Princess Helena of Nassau, Maurice de Hirsch, David Edward Hughes, and Siegfried Marcus. Among people deceased in 1894, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 24. Before her are Theodor Billroth, Austen Henry Layard, Hassan I of Morocco, August Kundt, Eugène Charles Catalan, and Nikolai Ge. After her are Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, Gall, and Guillaume Lekeu.
1831 - 1905
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 27
1831 - 1915
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 28
1831 - 1899
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 29
1831 - 1922
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 30
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 31
1831 - 1892
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 32
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 33
1831 - 1893
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 34
1831 - 1904
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 36
1831 - 1896
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 37
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 38
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1829 - 1894
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 18
1817 - 1894
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 19
1836 - 1894
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 20
1839 - 1894
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 21
1814 - 1894
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 22
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 23
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 24
1817 - 1894
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 25
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 26
1848 - 1894
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 27
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 28
1840 - 1894
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 29
1870 - 1894
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 30
Among people born in Russia, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 655 out of 3,262. Before her are Oleg Gordievsky (1938), Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826), Andor Lilienthal (1911), Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (1860), Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), and Nikolai Voznesensky (1903). After her are Alexander Schmorell (1917), Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), Nikolay Krylov (1903), Lilya Brik (1891), Pavel Belyayev (1925), and Viktor Chernov (1873).
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 649
1826 - 1845
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 650
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 651
1860 - 1919
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 652
1832 - 1908
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 653
1903 - 1950
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 654
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 655
1917 - 1943
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 656
1892 - 1968
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 657
1903 - 1972
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 658
1891 - 1978
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 659
1925 - 1970
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 660
1873 - 1952
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 661
Among religious figures born in Russia, Nadezhda von Meck ranks 14. Before her are Basil Fool for Christ (1468), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Nicholas of Japan (1836), Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (1835), Xenia of Saint Petersburg (1719), and Anna Vyrubova (1884). After her are Alexander Schmorell (1917), Aleksandr Akimov (1953), Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (1910), Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (1877), Matrona Nikonova (1881), and Hyacinth (1777).
1468 - 1552
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 8
1865 - 1925
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 9
1836 - 1912
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 10
1835 - 1916
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 11
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 12
1884 - 1964
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 13
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 14
1917 - 1943
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 15
1953 - 1986
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 16
1910 - 1990
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 17
1877 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 18
1881 - 1952
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 19
1777 - 1853
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 20