1962 - 1990
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Виктор Робертович Цой; pronounced [ˈvʲikt̪ər ˈrobʲɪrt̪əvʲɪtɕ ˈtsoi̯]; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer-songwriter and actor who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music. Born and raised in Leningrad (now known as Saint Petersburg), Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager. Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Tsoi has received more than 1,811,776 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Viktor Tsoi is the 285th most popular singer (up from 352nd in 2019), the 521st most popular biography from Russia (up from 594th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Singer.
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Among singers, Viktor Tsoi ranks 285 out of 3,528. Before him are Umberto Tozzi, R. Kelly, Serge Reggiani, Fancy, Bülent Ersoy, and Rita Pavone. After him are Eartha Kitt, Bill Withers, Wolf Biermann, Solomon Burke, Glenn Hughes, and Albert Hammond.
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 279
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 280
1922 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 281
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 282
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 283
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 284
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 285
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 286
1938 - 2020
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 287
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 288
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 289
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 290
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 291
Among people born in 1962, Viktor Tsoi ranks 38. Before him are Evander Holyfield, Aleksandr Dugin, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Axl Rose, Matthew Broderick, and Antony Blinken. After him are Kelly Preston, Thomas Kretschmann, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Christiane F., Gabe Newell, and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este. Among people deceased in 1990, Viktor Tsoi ranks 56. Before him are Reinaldo Arenas, Yiannis Ritsos, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Philippe Soupault, Sammy Davis Jr., and John Stewart Bell. After him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Hussein Onn, Jim Henson, Lewis Mumford, Sergei Dovlatov, and Angelo Schiavio.
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 32
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 33
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 34
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 35
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 36
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 37
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 38
1962 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 39
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 40
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 41
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 42
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 43
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 44
1943 - 1990
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 50
1909 - 1990
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 51
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 52
1897 - 1990
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 53
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 54
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 55
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 56
1918 - 1990
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 57
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 58
1936 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 59
1895 - 1990
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 60
1941 - 1990
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 61
1905 - 1990
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 62
Among people born in Russia, Viktor Tsoi ranks 521 out of 3,262. Before him are Martiros Saryan (1880), Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), Vasily Chapayev (1887), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Vladimir Markovnikov (1838), and Boris Pugo (1937). After him are Alexander Radishchev (1749), Sheikh Mansur (1750), Werner Kempf (1886), Anund Gårdske (1004), Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), and Mikhail Tomsky (1880).
1880 - 1972
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 515
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 516
1887 - 1919
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 517
1865 - 1925
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 518
1838 - 1904
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 519
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 520
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 521
1749 - 1802
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 522
1750 - 1794
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 523
1886 - 1964
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 524
1004 - Present
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 525
1883 - 1942
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 526
1880 - 1936
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 527
Among singers born in Russia, Viktor Tsoi ranks 6. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Eduard Khil (1934), Anna Netrebko (1971), and Valery Leontiev (1949). After him are Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Martti Talvela (1935), and Elena Obraztsova (1939).
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 2
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 3
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 4
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 5
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 6
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 7
1962 - 2017
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 8
1900 - 1973
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 9
1920 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 10
1935 - 1989
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 11
1939 - 2015
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12