MUSICIAN

Yann Tiersen

1970 - Today

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Yann Pierre Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a French Breton musician and composer. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations, and film soundtracks songwriting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yann Tiersen has received more than 1,547,295 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Yann Tiersen is the 485th most popular musician (down from 457th in 2019), the 2,269th most popular biography from France (down from 2,151st in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Musician.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Yann Tiersen ranks 485 out of 3,175Before him are Henri Herz, Archie Shepp, Peter Cetera, Willy DeVille, Isao Tomita, and Maria Yudina. After him are Greg Lake, Gregor Piatigorsky, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Toquinho, Dick Taylor, and Wojciech Żywny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Yann Tiersen ranks 45Before him are Yigal Amir, Phillip Cocu, Christian Karembeu, Gabriela Sabatini, Paolo Sorrentino, and Queen Rania of Jordan. After him are Melissa McCarthy, Paulo Sousa, M. Night Shyamalan, Izabella Scorupco, Patrick M'Boma, and Djalminha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yann Tiersen ranks 2,269 out of 6,770Before him are Guy de Rothschild (1909), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Madeleine Béjart (1615), Germain of Paris (496), René Caillié (1799), and Joséphin Péladan (1858). After him are Bernard Collomb (1930), Julien Gracq (1910), Roland Petit (1924), Matthieu Ricard (1946), Sophie Blanchard (1778), and Guy Marchand (1937).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Yann Tiersen ranks 21Before him are Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Maurice André (1933), Michel Polnareff (1944), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Manitas de Plata (1921), and Marguerite Long (1874). After him are Ginette Neveu (1919), Jacques Loussier (1934), Michel Petrucciani (1962), Claude Bolling (1930), Guy Bonnet (1945), and Jean-Delphin Alard (1815).