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Oscar Peterson

1925 - 2007

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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Considered a virtuoso and one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar Peterson has received more than 1,973,352 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Oscar Peterson is the 268th most popular musician (down from 162nd in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Canada (down from 35th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Musician.

Oscar Peterson is most famous for being a jazz pianist. He was born in Montreal, Canada and was known for being one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Oscar Peterson ranks 268 out of 2,662. Before him are Friedrich Gulda, Peter Tosh, Sia, Leonid Kogan, Leopold Auer, and Eddie Cochran. After him are Cozy Powell, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Art Tatum, Luigi Tenco, Chris de Burgh, and Enrico Macias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Oscar Peterson ranks 89. Before him are Charles Chaplin Jr., John Pople, Willi Herold, Gabriele Ferzetti, Paul Greengard, and Honor Blackman. After him are Toshio Iwatani, Robert Hardy, Hildegard Knef, Nicolai Gedda, Veljko Kadijević, and William Styron. Among people deceased in 2007, Oscar Peterson ranks 45. Before him are Jane Wyman, Robert Jordan, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Jean-Claude Brialy, Gaston Thorn, and Joe Zawinul. After him are Bob Denard, Ettore Sottsass, Abbé Pierre, Colin McRae, Ian Smith, and Robert Adler.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Oscar Peterson ranks 66 out of 1,350. Before him are Ryan Gosling (1980), Mack Sennett (1880), John Candy (1950), Sidney Altman (1939), Mike Myers (1963), and Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1943). After him are David H. Hubel (1926), Linda Evangelista (1965), Edward Dmytryk (1908), John Charles Fields (1863), Mylène Farmer (1961), and Norman Bethune (1890).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Oscar Peterson ranks 5. Before him are Leonard Cohen (1934), Glenn Gould (1932), Neil Young (1945), and Joni Mitchell (1943). After him are Avril Lavigne (1984), Loreena McKennitt (1957), David Foster (1949), Gil Evans (1912), Maynard Ferguson (1928), Neil Peart (1952), and Robbie Robertson (1943).

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