1887 - 1961
Paul Wittgenstein (November 5, 1887 – March 3, 1961) was an Austrian-American concert pianist notable for commissioning new piano concerti for the left hand alone, following the amputation of his right arm during the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Wittgenstein has received more than 250,985 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Wittgenstein is the 254th most popular musician (up from 262nd in 2019), the 309th most popular biography from Austria (down from 301st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Musician.
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Among musicians, Paul Wittgenstein ranks 254 out of 2,662. Before him are Gianna Nannini, Franz Berwald, Henryk Szeryng, Joe Zawinul, Slash, and Lars Ulrich. After him are Wanda Landowska, Ian Curtis, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, Arthur Nikisch, and John Zorn.
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 248
1796 - 1868
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 249
1918 - 1988
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 250
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 251
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 252
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 253
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 254
1879 - 1959
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 255
1956 - 1980
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 256
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 257
1919 - 1990
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 258
1855 - 1922
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 259
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 260
Among people born in 1887, Paul Wittgenstein ranks 62. Before him are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, George Pólya, James Paul Moody, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay. After him are Conrad Hilton, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Arnold Zweig, Blaise Cendrars, Savielly Tartakower, and Raoul Walsh. Among people deceased in 1961, Paul Wittgenstein ranks 27. Before him are Maria of Yugoslavia, Grandma Moses, Eero Saarinen, Luigi Einaudi, Akiba Rubinstein, and Wolfgang von Trips. After him are Lee de Forest, Blaise Cendrars, Arthur Drewry, Karl Korsch, Mukhtar Auezov, and Princess Isabelle of Orléans.
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 56
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 57
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 58
1887 - 1990
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 59
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 60
1887 - 1965
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 61
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 62
1887 - 1979
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 63
1887 - 1957
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 64
1887 - 1968
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 65
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 66
1887 - 1956
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 67
1887 - 1980
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 68
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 21
1860 - 1961
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 22
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 23
1874 - 1961
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 24
1880 - 1961
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 25
1928 - 1961
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 26
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 27
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 28
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 29
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 30
1886 - 1961
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 31
1897 - 1961
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 32
1878 - 1961
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 33
Among people born in Austria, Paul Wittgenstein ranks 309 out of 1,237. Before him are Clemens Krauss (1893), Hans Makart (1840), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737), Clemence of Austria (1262), Joe Zawinul (1932), and Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714). After him are Brassaï (1899), Raoul Hausmann (1886), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), Friedrich Gulda (1930), and Gerhard Berger (1959).
1893 - 1954
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 303
1840 - 1884
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 304
1737 - 1740
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 305
1262 - 1295
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 306
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 307
1714 - 1790
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 308
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 309
1899 - 1984
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 310
1886 - 1971
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 311
1872 - 1942
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 312
1628 - 1662
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 313
1930 - 2000
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 314
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 315
Among musicians born in Austria, Paul Wittgenstein ranks 10. Before him are Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Fritz Kreisler (1875), Joseph Joachim (1831), Anton Diabelli (1781), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), and Joe Zawinul (1932). After him are Friedrich Gulda (1930), Willi Boskovsky (1909), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), Henri Herz (1803), Anton Karas (1906), and Jörg Demus (1928).
1784 - 1858
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 4
1875 - 1962
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 5
1831 - 1907
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 6
1781 - 1858
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 7
1759 - 1824
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 8
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 9
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 10
1930 - 2000
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 11
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 12
1927 - 2019
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 13
1803 - 1888
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 14
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 15
1928 - 2019
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 16