1916 - 2017
Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing-style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many other notable jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Svend Asmussen has received more than 96,836 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Svend Asmussen is the 895th most popular musician (down from 780th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 307th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Danish Musician.
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Among musicians, Svend Asmussen ranks 895 out of 2,662. Before him are Fatboy Slim, Theodor Kullak, Angélique Kidjo, Paul Chambers, Todd Rundgren, and Neil Peart. After him are Corey Taylor, Tommy Aldridge, Pete Burns, Paul Butterfield, Vitas, and Abdullah Ibrahim.
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 889
1818 - 1882
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 890
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 891
1935 - 1969
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 892
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 893
1952 - 2020
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 894
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 895
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 896
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 897
1959 - 2016
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 898
1942 - 1987
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 899
1979 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 900
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 901
Among people born in 1916, Svend Asmussen ranks 139. Before him are M. S. Subbulakshmi, Bismillah Khan, Paul Halmos, Werner Bischof, Veronika Dudarova, and Wan Li. After him are Lou Thesz, Fernando Lamas, Penelope Fitzgerald, Movita Castaneda, Dom Mintoff, and Dorothy McGuire. Among people deceased in 2017, Svend Asmussen ranks 218. Before him are Gustavo Rojo, Ulf Stark, John Ashbery, Ivan Dias, Jimmy Snuka, and Hilarion Capucci. After him are Klaus Huber, Jiří Bělohlávek, Gorden Kaye, Haruo Nakajima, Leo Kinnunen, and Mildred Dresselhaus.
1916 - 2004
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 133
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 134
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 135
1916 - 1954
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 136
1916 - 2009
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 137
1916 - 2015
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 138
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 139
1916 - 2002
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 140
1916 - 1982
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 141
1916 - 2000
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 142
1916 - 2015
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 143
1916 - 2012
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 144
1916 - 2001
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 145
1923 - 2017
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 212
1944 - 2017
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 213
1927 - 2017
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 214
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 215
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 216
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 217
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 218
1924 - 2017
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 219
1946 - 2017
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 220
1941 - 2017
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 221
1929 - 2017
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 222
1943 - 2017
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 223
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 224
Among people born in Denmark, Svend Asmussen ranks 339 out of 893. Before him are Olafur Eliasson (1967), Kjeld Abell (1901), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504), Jean Hersholt (1886), and Kim Larsen (1945). After him are Erik Eriksen (1902), Hans Wegner (1914), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573).
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 333
1901 - 1961
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 334
1609 - 1689
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 335
1504 - 1547
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 336
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 337
1945 - 2018
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 338
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 339
1902 - 1972
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 340
1914 - 2007
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 341
1524 - 1586
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 342
1562 - 1647
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 343
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 344
1573 - 1625
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 345
Among musicians born in Denmark, Svend Asmussen ranks 5. Before him are Victor Borge (1909), Lars Ulrich (1963), Jacob Gade (1879), and Jørgen Ingmann (1925). After him are Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), Trentemøller (1972), Kai Winding (1922), and Nikolaj Koppel (1969).
1909 - 2000
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 2
1879 - 1963
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 3
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 4
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 5
1946 - 2005
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 6
1955 - 1991
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 7
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 8
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 9
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 10
1922 - 1983
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 11
1969 - Present
HPI: 33.23
Rank: 12