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Raimonds Pauls

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Ojārs Raimonds Pauls (born 12 January 1936) is a Latvian composer and a pianist who is well known in the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raimonds Pauls has received more than 197,559 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Raimonds Pauls is the 428th most popular composer (up from 464th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Raimonds Pauls ranks 428 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferdinand Ries, Étienne Méhul, Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Nikolai Medtner, Józef Elsner, and Ernest Ansermet. After him are Johannes Tinctoris, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Hans Werner Henze, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Joseph Kosma, and Louis Durey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Raimonds Pauls ranks 116. Before him are Frank Stella, Christiane Martel, James Mirrlees, Jim Henson, Jacques Mesrine, and Frances Shand Kydd. After him are Julio María Sanguinetti, Solomon Burke, A. S. Byatt, Amr Moussa, Claude Brasseur, and Jannis Kounellis.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Raimonds Pauls ranks 25 out of 323. Before him are Andris Bērziņš (1944), Abraham Isaac Kook (1865), Jānis Lūsis (1939), Egils Levits (1955), Wolfgang Lüth (1913), and Rainis (1865). After him are Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Pauline Therese of Württemberg (1800), Frederick William, Duke of Courland (1692), Jānis Čakste (1859), Pēteris Vasks (1946), and Guntis Ulmanis (1939).

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Among COMPOSERS In Latvia

Among composers born in Latvia, Raimonds Pauls ranks 1. After him are Pēteris Vasks (1946), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Emīls Dārziņš (1875), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).

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