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Radu Lupu

1945 - 2022

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Radu Lupu (30 November 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a Romanian pianist. He was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of his time. Born in Galați, Romania, Lupu began studying piano at the age of six. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Radu Lupu has received more than 340,965 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Radu Lupu is the 365th most popular musician (up from 534th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Romania (up from 148th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Radu Lupu ranks 365 out of 3,175. Before him are Maurice André, Michel Polnareff, Alan Menken, Robert Trujillo, Woody Guthrie, and Armin van Buuren. After him are Denny Laine, Andy Fletcher, Ry Cooder, Liberace, Paul Wittgenstein, and Wayne Shorter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Radu Lupu ranks 136. Before him are James Avery, George Miller, Alain Juppé, Luis Ocaña, Yuen Woo-ping, and Christine Kaufmann. After him are Gal Costa, Barbara Carrera, Junji Kawano, Robert Cialdini, Fusako Shigenobu, and Fernando Vérgez Alzaga. Among people deceased in 2022, Radu Lupu ranks 107. Before him are Viktor Saneyev, Catherine Spaak, Toshiki Kaifu, Bob Saget, Margit Korondi, and Irene Cara. After him are Andy Fletcher, Gal Costa, Jozef Tomko, Hermann Nitsch, Ivan Reitman, and Gary Brooker.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Radu Lupu ranks 110 out of 844. Before him are Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903), Marcel Janco (1895), Andrew Báthory (1563), Serge Klarsfeld (1935), Petru Rareș (1487), and László Tőkés (1952). After him are Arnold Hauser (1892), Anghel Iordănescu (1950), Artur Phleps (1881), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), Petre Roman (1946), and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854).

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Among MUSICIANS In Romania

Among musicians born in Romania, Radu Lupu ranks 5. Before him are Gheorghe Zamfir (1941), Clara Haskil (1895), Dinu Lipatti (1917), and Michael Cretu (1957). After him are Edward Maya (1986), and Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu (1974).

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