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Niccolò Paganini

1782 - 1840

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Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (Italian: [ni(k)koˈlɔ ppaɡaˈniːni] ; 27 October 1782 – 27 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Niccolò Paganini has received more than 3,641,924 page views. His biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2019). Niccolò Paganini is the 6th most popular musician (down from 4th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Italy (down from 32nd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Musician.

Niccolò Paganini was a 19th-century Italian violinist and composer. He is most famous for his virtuosic skill as a violinist.

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  • 88

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Niccolò Paganini ranks 6 out of 3,175. Before him are Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, and Franz Liszt. After him are John Lennon, Clara Schumann, Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Elton John, and Jimi Hendrix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Niccolò Paganini ranks 2. Before him is Martin Van Buren. After him are Friedrich Fröbel, Daoguang Emperor, Caroline Bonaparte, Daniel Auber, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Ivan Paskevich, John Field, Archduke John of Austria, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca. Among people deceased in 1840, Niccolò Paganini ranks 1. After him are Caspar David Friedrich, Frederick William III of Prussia, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Lucien Bonaparte, Emperor Kōkaku, Siméon Denis Poisson, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Jacques MacDonald, and Louis de Bonald.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Paganini ranks 35 out of 5,161. Before him are Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Caligula (12), Alessandro Volta (1745), Horace (-65), Parmenides (-501), and Giacomo Puccini (1858). After him are Maria Montessori (1870), Titian (1488), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Pontius Pilate (-12), and Pope John Paul I (1912).

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Among MUSICIANS In Italy

Among musicians born in Italy, Niccolò Paganini ranks 1. After him are Arcangelo Corelli (1653), Giorgio Moroder (1940), Cosima Wagner (1837), Ludovico Einaudi (1955), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), Lucio Dalla (1943), Giovanni Battista Martini (1706), Paolo Conte (1937), Gianna Nannini (1954), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Luigi Tenco (1938).

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