1937 - 2020
Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin (Russian: Никола́й Ги́ршевич Капу́стин Russian pronunciation: [kɐˈpustʲɪn]; 22 November 1937 – 2 July 2020) was a Soviet composer and pianist of Russian-Jewish descent. He played with early Soviet jazz bands such as the Oleg Lundstrem Orchestra. In his compositions, mostly for piano, he used a fusion of jazz and classical forms. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikolai Kapustin has received more than 298,989 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nikolai Kapustin is the 386th most popular musician (down from 334th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 183rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Musician.
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Among musicians, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 386 out of 2,662. Before him are Barış Manço, Géza Anda, Janick Gers, Paul Badura-Skoda, Rezső Seress, and Tony Levin. After him are Glenn Tipton, Buddy Guy, Pat Martino, Arthur Grumiaux, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, and Moondog.
1943 - 1999
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 380
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 381
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 382
1927 - 2019
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 383
1889 - 1968
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 384
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 385
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 386
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 387
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 388
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 389
1921 - 1986
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 390
1715 - 1739
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 391
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 392
Among people born in 1937, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 105. Before him are Francis Veber, Roberta Flack, Valentyn Sylvestrov, Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, Ange-Félix Patassé, and Kōichirō Matsuura. After him are Rubin Carter, Peter Burke, Robert Gallo, Tsukasa Hosaka, Rifaat al-Assad, and Joseph Kobzon. Among people deceased in 2020, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 107. Before him are Gérard Houllier, David Prowse, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Amadou Toumani Touré, Sergio Rossi, and Jānis Lūsis. After him are Claude Brasseur, Fred Willard, Rocky Johnson, Ivry Gitlis, Harry Gregg, and Mamadou Tandja.
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 99
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 100
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 101
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 102
1937 - 2011
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 103
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 104
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 105
1937 - 2014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 106
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 107
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 108
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 109
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 110
1937 - 2018
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 111
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 101
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 102
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 103
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 104
1935 - 2020
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 105
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 106
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 107
1936 - 2020
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 108
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 109
1944 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 110
1922 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 111
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 112
1938 - 2020
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 113
Among people born in Ukraine, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 227 out of 1,083. Before him are Igor Markevitch (1912), Efim Bogoljubov (1889), Pavel Sudoplatov (1907), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Alexandru Averescu (1859), and Stanisław Sosabowski (1892). After him are Waldemar Haffkine (1860), Michael of Chernigov (1185), Ida Kamińska (1899), Ahad Ha'am (1856), Vladimir Dal (1801), and Alexander Marinesko (1913).
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 221
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 222
1907 - 1996
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 223
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 224
1859 - 1938
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 225
1892 - 1967
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 226
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 227
1860 - 1930
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 228
1185 - 1246
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 229
1899 - 1980
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 230
1856 - 1927
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 231
1801 - 1872
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 232
1913 - 1963
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 233
Among musicians born in Ukraine, Nikolai Kapustin ranks 11. Before him are Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), and Nathan Milstein (1902). After him are Alexander Siloti (1863), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Felix Blumenfeld (1863), Karol Mikuli (1821), Yakov Zak (1913), and Mischa Elman (1891).
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 5
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 6
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 7
1931 - 2021
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 8
1903 - 1976
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 9
1902 - 1992
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 11
1863 - 1945
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 13
1863 - 1931
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 14
1821 - 1897
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 15
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 16
1891 - 1967
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 17