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Stéphane Grappelli

1908 - 1997

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Stéphane Grappelli (French pronunciation: [stefan ɡʁapɛli]; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stéphane Grappelli has received more than 679,837 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Stéphane Grappelli is the 224th most popular musician (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,272nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,140th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Musician.

Stéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist, who was best known for his swing jazz and gypsy jazz music.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Stéphane Grappelli ranks 224 out of 2,662. Before him are John Cale, J. J. Cale, Leslie Cheung, Mike Shinoda, Billy Idol, and Romano Mussolini. After him are Ken Hensley, Izzy Stradlin, Kirk Hammett, Marilyn Manson, Consuelo Velázquez, and Toots Thielemans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Stéphane Grappelli ranks 54. Before him are Martha Gellhorn, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Rex Harrison, Robert Merle, Mercè Rodoreda, and Bernard Lee. After him are Henri, Count of Paris, Chivu Stoica, Lita Grey, Valentin Glushko, Willard Van Orman Quine, and Masaru Ibuka. Among people deceased in 1997, Stéphane Grappelli ranks 53. Before him are Georg Solti, Louis, Prince Napoléon, Cornelius Castoriadis, Bulat Okudzhava, Gerda Christian, and Carl Gustav Hempel. After him are Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Alexander R. Todd, Yuri Nikulin, Miguel Najdorf, and Narciso Yepes.

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In France

Among people born in France, Stéphane Grappelli ranks 1,272 out of 6,011. Before him are Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Richard Avenarius (1843), Sigebert II (602), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), Édouard Vuillard (1868), and Vanessa Paradis (1972). After him are Jean Giraudoux (1882), Eugène Atget (1857), Aimé Bonpland (1773), André Michelin (1853), Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), and Maurice Thorez (1900).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Stéphane Grappelli ranks 11. Before him are Nadia Boulanger (1887), David Guetta (1967), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Georges Prêtre (1924), and Jean-Marie Leclair (1697). After him are Louis Vierne (1870), Émile Waldteufel (1837), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jacques Dutronc (1943), and Marguerite Long (1874).

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