MUSICIAN

Ole Bull

1810 - 1880

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Ole Bornemann Bull (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈù:lə ˈbʉlː]; 5 February 1810 – 17 August 1880) was a Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ole Bull has received more than 266,048 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ole Bull is the 494th most popular musician (up from 516th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Norway and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ole Bull ranks 494 out of 3,175. Before him are Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Toquinho, Dick Taylor, Wojciech Żywny, Ginette Neveu, and Pat Metheny. After him are Gato Barbieri, Loreena McKennitt, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Wilder, Robert de Visée, and Jacob Gade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Ole Bull ranks 32. Before him are Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, Hans Christian Lumbye, Howard Staunton, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Jules Perrot, Wilhelm Marstrand, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Karel Hynek Mácha, Christen Købke, and Oliver Winchester. Among people deceased in 1880, Ole Bull ranks 19. Before him are Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Édouard Séguin, Jules Antoine Lissajous, John Sutter, Léon Cogniet, and Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger. After him are Arnold Ruge, Sunanda Kumariratana, James Craig Watson, Oliver Winchester, Friedrich Bayer, and Jules Favre.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ole Bull ranks 114 out of 1,039. Before him are Christian Sinding (1856), Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283), Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090), Henrik Wergeland (1808), Einar Thambarskelfir (980), and Haakon II of Norway (1147). After him are Jørgen Moe (1813), Kåre Willoch (1928), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Martin Vahl (1749), and Jacob Tullin Thams (1898).

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Among MUSICIANS In Norway

Among musicians born in Norway, Ole Bull ranks 3. Before him are Jan Garbarek (1947), and Varg Vikernes (1973). After him are Euronymous (1968), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), John Norum (1964), Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (1961), Rolf Løvland (1955), Magne Furuholmen (1962), Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Terje Rypdal (1947), and Jan Axel Blomberg (1969).

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