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Toots Thielemans

1922 - 2016

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Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans ([tuts tiləmans]), was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for playing the chromatic harmonica, as well as his guitar and whistling skills, and composing. According to jazz historian Ted Gioia, his most important contribution was in "championing the humble harmonica", which Thielemans made into a "legitimate voice in jazz". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Toots Thielemans has received more than 871,282 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Toots Thielemans is the 230th most popular musician (down from 203rd in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 134th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Musician.

Toots Thielemans is most famous for his harmonica playing. He has been playing the harmonica since he was a child and was mentored by jazz legend Benny Goodman.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Toots Thielemans ranks 230 out of 2,662. Before him are Stéphane Grappelli, Ken Hensley, Izzy Stradlin, Kirk Hammett, Marilyn Manson, and Consuelo Velázquez. After him are Isaac Stern, Maria Theresia von Paradis, John Mayall, Keith Moon, Paul Stanley, and John McLaughlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Toots Thielemans ranks 60. Before him are Francesco Rosi, John B. Goodenough, Michael Cacoyannis, Har Gobind Khorana, Richard Hamilton, and Lucian Freud. After him are Oskar Werner, Joan Fuster, Adolfo Celi, George Blake, Yuri Lotman, and Barbara Bel Geddes. Among people deceased in 2016, Toots Thielemans ranks 66. Before him are Esma Redžepova, Patricio Aylwin, Vesna Vulović, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Sonia Rykiel, and Ahmed Zewail. After him are Margot Honecker, Michel Tournier, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Gabriele Amorth, Keith Emerson, and Queen Anne of Romania.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Toots Thielemans ranks 146 out of 1,019. Before him are Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne (1735), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), Chantal Mouffe (1943), Henri Michaux (1899), Fernand Khnopff (1858), and Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872). After him are Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Theroigne de Mericourt (1762), Eric Walter Elst (1936), Bartholomeus Spranger (1546), Jacques Arcadelt (1507), and The Singing Nun (1933).

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Among MUSICIANS In Belgium

Among musicians born in Belgium, Toots Thielemans ranks 2. Before him are Django Reinhardt (1910). After him are Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Brian Molko (1972), Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), André Cluytens (1905), Bobbejaan Schoepen (1925), Adrien-François Servais (1807), Francis Goya (1946), Arthur De Greef (1862), Gotye (1980), and Lost Frequencies (1993).

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