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Sanja Ilić

1951 - 2021

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Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар "Сања" Илић; 27 March 1951 – 7 March 2021) was a Serbian and Yugoslav musician and composer. Ilić started composing as a teenager. In 1971 he formed the rock band San, which disbanded in 1975, after the band's vocalist Predrag Jovičić died in concert from an electric shock. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sanja Ilić has received more than 104,840 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Sanja Ilić is the 1,216th most popular composer (down from 1,061st in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 205th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Serbian Composer.

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  • 100k

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  • 46.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sanja Ilić ranks 1,216 out of 1,451. Before him are Leonard Slatkin, Joonas Kokkonen, Hiroyuki Sawano, William Bolcom, Peter Schickele, and Fred Frith. After him are Havergal Brian, Alan Hovhaness, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Alphons Czibulka, Arthur Bliss, and Andrei Eshpai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Sanja Ilić ranks 391. Before him are Gerrie Knetemann, Alexander Rosenbaum, Sally Mann, Spike Edney, Ivar Formo, and Cristine Rose. After him are Osman Hussein, Eva Sršen, Bernard Challandes, Robert Joy, Bruce Arena, and Kaori Momoi. Among people deceased in 2021, Sanja Ilić ranks 437. Before him are Eusébio Scheid, Walter Taibo, Janet Moreau, Yekaterina Gradova, Moudud Ahmed, and Bruce Kirby. After him are Alfreda Markowska, Goodwill Zwelithini, Karel Loprais, Shirley Fry, Yevgeny Nesterenko, and Murray Walker.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Sanja Ilić ranks 274 out of 661. Before him are Anica Dobra (1963), Luka Lipošinović (1933), Luka Jović (1997), Ljubomir Lovrić (1920), Vojislav Melić (1940), and Lajos Szűcs (1943). After him are Zoltán Berczik (1937), Slaviša Jokanović (1968), Milorad Arsenijević (1906), Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933), Milinko Pantić (1966), and Andrija Fuderer (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In Serbia

Among composers born in Serbia, Sanja Ilić ranks 4. Before him are Paul Abraham (1892), Stevan Mokranjac (1856), and Stevan Hristić (1885). After him are Isidora Žebeljan (1967).

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