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Agustín Barrios

1885 - 1944

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Agustín Pío Barrios (also known as Agustín Barrios Mangoré and Nitsuga—Agustín spelled backwards—Mangoré; May 5, 1885 – August 7, 1944) was a Paraguayan virtuoso classical guitarist and composer, largely regarded as one of the greatest performers and arguably the most prolific composer for the guitar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agustín Barrios is the 549th most popular musician (down from 385th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Paraguayan Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Agustín Barrios ranks 549 out of 3,175. Before him are Yann Tiersen, Uli Jon Roth, Isao Tomita, K. K. Downing, Lead Belly, and Billy Ray Cyrus. After him are Rudolf Serkin, Lucio Battisti, Rudolf Kempe, Robert Miles, Nikki Sixx, and Tatiana Nikolayeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Agustín Barrios ranks 86. Before him are John Edensor Littlewood, Paul von Hase, Aleksandras Stulginskis, Dora Pejačević, Lev Rudnev, and Frank Jack Fletcher. After him are Constantin Sănătescu, Viktor Schauberger, Pierre Renoir, James Scott, Karl Genzken, and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 1944, Agustín Barrios ranks 133. Before him are Zinaida Portnova, Josef Bürckel, Kosta Pećanac, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Emanuel Ringelblum, and Paul Hazard. After him are Charles Diehl, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, Dietrich Kraiss, Regina Jonas, Nikolai Polikarpov, and Bella Rosenfeld.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Agustín Barrios ranks 9 out of 203. Before him are José Luis Chilavert (1965), José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia (1766), Fernando Lugo (1951), Carlos Antonio López (1792), Augusto Roa Bastos (1917), and Horacio Cartes (1956). After him are Arsenio Erico (1915), José Félix Estigarribia (1888), Juan Carlos Wasmosy (1938), Julio César Romero (1960), Andrés Rodríguez (1923), and Manuel Fleitas Solich (1900).

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Among MUSICIANS In Paraguay

Among musicians born in Paraguay, Agustín Barrios ranks 1. 

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