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Roman Totenberg

1911 - 2012

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Roman Totenberg (January 1, 1911 – May 8, 2012) was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at age 27. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roman Totenberg has received more than 198,489 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roman Totenberg is the 2,436th most popular musician (down from 2,386th in 2019), the 1,339th most popular biography from Poland (down from 1,199th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Roman Totenberg ranks 2,436 out of 3,175. Before him are Takahiro Moriuchi, Yoann Lemoine, Markus Schulz, Sarah Chang, Fat Mike, and Sam Rivers. After him are Jon Carin, Meghan Trainor, Floyd Cramer, Connie Kay, Will Hunt, and Creed Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Roman Totenberg ranks 400. Before him are Fe del Mundo, Stephen McNally, Anthony Boucher, Luis Reyes, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and George Borg Olivier. After him are Zubeida, Lillian Ngoyi, Gail Patrick, Joe Fortenberry, Martin Gabel, and Claire Dodd. Among people deceased in 2012, Roman Totenberg ranks 483. Before him are Erhard Wunderlich, Frederica Sagor Maas, Vladimer Aptsiauri, Joyce Redman, Don Cornelius, and António Leitão. After him are Jerry Nelson, Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Joan Taylor, Sylvia Fedoruk, Thomas Kinkade, and Michael Dokes.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Roman Totenberg ranks 1,339 out of 1,694. Before him are Andrzej Iwan (1959), Marian Dudziak (1941), Sebastian Szymański (1999), Wojciech Smarzowski (1963), Zdzisław Kapka (1954), and Roman Giertych (1971). After him are Krystyna Kuperberg (1944), Dariusz Dziekanowski (1962), Anja Rubik (1983), Krzysztof Krauze (1953), Michał Kwiatkowski (1990), and Kamil Grosicki (1988).

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Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Roman Totenberg ranks 31. Before him are Wanda Wiłkomirska (1929), Harry Winter (1914), Zbigniew Namysłowski (1939), Adam Darski (1977), Adam Taubitz (1967), and Nicolas Chumachenco (1944). After him are Rafał Blechacz (1985), Leszek Możdżer (1971), Donatan (1984), Sylwia Grzeszczak (1989), and Tomasz Wróblewski (1980).

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