Musician

Sviatoslav Richter

Soviet pianist

1915 - 1997

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His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2024). Sviatoslav Richter is the 78th most popular musician (up from 89th in 2024), the 57th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 69th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ukrainian Musician.

Sviatoslav Richter is most famous for his interpretations of Beethoven's sonatas.

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Sviatoslav Richter ranks #78 of 3,445 Musicians worldwide, placing them among the top 3% of the profession.

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Sviatoslav Richter's biography appears in 47 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 93% of all Musicians.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Sviatoslav Richter ranks 78 out of 3,445. Before him are Vladimir Horowitz, Dean Martin, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Pablo de Sarasate, Pablo Casals, and Goran Bregović. After him are Alexander Glazunov, John Deacon, Ludovico Einaudi, Charlie Parker, Richard Clayderman, and Paco de Lucía.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Sviatoslav Richter ranks 22. Before him are David Rockefeller, Yitzhak Shamir, Paul Samuelson, Clifford Shull, Billie Holiday, and Hu Yaobang. After him are John Vorster, Saul Bellow, Aung San, Robert A. Dahl, Joachim Peiper, and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.. Among people deceased in 1997, Sviatoslav Richter ranks 17. Before him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Gianni Versace, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Victor Vasarely, Bảo Đại, and John Kendrew. After him are Paulo Freire, Melvin Calvin, The Notorious B.I.G., Robert Mitchum, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sviatoslav Richter ranks 57 out of 1,736. Before him are Andrei Zhdanov (1896), Vladimir Horowitz (1903), Sergei Korolev (1906), Andrei Chikatilo (1936), Sholem Aleichem (1859), and Moshe Sharett (1894). After him are Georges Charpak (1924), Levi Eshkol (1895), Selman Waksman (1888), David Oistrakh (1908), Lesya Ukrainka (1871), and Nikolai Berdyaev (1874).

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Among Musicians In Ukraine

Among musicians born in Ukraine, Sviatoslav Richter ranks 2. Before him is Vladimir Horowitz (1903). After him are David Oistrakh (1908), Emil Gilels (1916), Isaac Stern (1920), Heinrich Neuhaus (1888), Leonid Kogan (1924), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Alexander Siloti (1863), Igor Oistrakh (1931), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), and Arkady Luxemburg (1939).

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