1913 - 1976
Yakov Izrailevich Zak ( (Russian: Яков Израилевич Зак), Jiakov Israilevič Sak; Odessa, 20 November [O.S. 7 November] 1913 – Moscow, 28 June 1976) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1966). Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Maria Starkhova, took classes on special harmony with Mykola Vilinsky, and later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, graduating in 1935. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yakov Zak has received more than 45,531 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Yakov Zak is the 746th most popular musician, the 405th most popular biography from Ukraine and the 16th most popular Ukrainian Musician.
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Among musicians, Yakov Zak ranks 746 out of 2,662. Before him are Charlie Haden, Marcus Miller, Danko Jones, Richie Havens, Gerry Rafferty, and Francisco Canaro. After him are Gábor Szabó, Brian Molko, Jorge Bolet, Noel Redding, Andrea Guarneri, and Sigiswald Kuijken.
1937 - 2014
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 740
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 741
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 742
1941 - 2013
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 743
1947 - 2011
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 744
1888 - 1964
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 745
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 746
1936 - 1982
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 747
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 748
1914 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 749
1945 - 2003
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 750
1626 - 1698
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 751
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 752
Among people born in 1913, Yakov Zak ranks 146. Before him are Sebastiano Baggio, Pak Song-chol, František Čáp, Abraham Sutzkever, Maria Tănase, and Reinhard Hardegen. After him are Nicolas Grunitzky, Ad Reinhardt, Fritz Darges, Vicente Calderón, Anthony Quayle, and Johann Niemann. Among people deceased in 1976, Yakov Zak ranks 108. Before him are Grégoire Kayibanda, Rudolph Minkowski, Paul Gallico, Werner March, Zdeněk Fierlinger, and Pyotr Koshevoy. After him are Rosalind Russell, Angelo Iachino, Nikolay Nosov, Juan d'Arienzo, Pinhas Lavon, and Jack Cassidy.
1913 - 1993
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 140
1913 - 2008
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 141
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 142
1913 - 2010
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 143
1913 - 1963
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 144
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 145
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 146
1913 - 1969
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 147
1913 - 1967
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 148
1913 - 2009
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 149
1913 - 1987
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 150
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 151
1913 - 1943
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 152
1924 - 1976
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 102
1895 - 1976
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 103
1897 - 1976
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 104
1894 - 1976
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 105
1891 - 1976
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 106
1904 - 1976
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 107
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 108
1907 - 1976
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 109
1889 - 1976
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 110
1908 - 1976
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 111
1900 - 1976
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 112
1904 - 1976
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 113
1927 - 1976
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 114
Among people born in Ukraine, Yakov Zak ranks 405 out of 1,083. Before him are Georgy Voronoy (1868), Yaakov Dori (1899), Roman Rudenko (1907), Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov (1896), Leonid Kanevsky (1939), and Malusha (null). After him are Grigori Kozintsev (1905), Mark Bernes (1911), Isaak Dunayevsky (1900), Nonna Mordyukova (1925), Nikolay Nosov (1908), and Yakov Malik (1906).
1868 - 1908
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 399
1899 - 1973
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 400
1907 - 1981
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 401
1896 - 1964
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 402
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 403
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 404
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 405
1905 - 1973
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 406
1911 - 1969
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 407
1900 - 1955
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 408
1925 - 2008
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 409
1908 - 1976
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 410
1906 - 1980
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 411
Among musicians born in Ukraine, Yakov Zak ranks 16. Before him are Nathan Milstein (1902), Nikolai Kapustin (1937), Alexander Siloti (1863), Arkady Luxemburg (1939), Felix Blumenfeld (1863), and Karol Mikuli (1821). After him are Mischa Elman (1891), Emanuel Feuermann (1902), Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807), Shura Cherkassky (1909), Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), and Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949).
1902 - 1992
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 11
1863 - 1945
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 13
1863 - 1931
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 14
1821 - 1897
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 15
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 16
1891 - 1967
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 17
1902 - 1942
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 18
1807 - 1867
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 19
1909 - 1995
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 20
1892 - 1993
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 21
1949 - 1979
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 22