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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 3,389,148 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Niccolò Paganini is the 4th most popular musician (up from 5th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 35th 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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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Niccolò Paganini ranks 4 out of 2,662. Before him are Freddie Mercury, Bob Marley, and Michael Jackson. After him are Franz Liszt, John Lennon, Louis Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Elton John, and Clara Schumann.

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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, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Caroline Bonaparte, Daniel Auber, John Field, Ivan Paskevich, 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, Emperor Kōkaku, Lucien Bonaparte, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Siméon Denis Poisson, Jacques MacDonald, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, and Louis de Bonald.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Niccolò Paganini ranks 32 out of 4,668. Before him are Marcus Aurelius (121), Petrarch (1304), Caligula (12), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), Alessandro Volta (1745), and Florence Nightingale (1820). After him are Parmenides (-501), Horace (-65), Giacomo Puccini (1858), Titian (1488), Pontius Pilate (-12), and Donatello (1386).

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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 Martini (1706), Paolo Conte (1937), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755), Lucio Dalla (1943), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Mauro Giuliani (1781).

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