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Arthur Rubinstein

1887 - 1982

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Arthur Rubinstein KBE OMRI (Polish: Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as one of the greatest Chopin interpreters of his time. He played in public for eight decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Rubinstein is the 39th most popular musician (down from 31st in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Poland (up from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Musician.

Arthur Rubinstein was a Polish-American pianist who was most famous for his interpretations of Chopin.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Arthur Rubinstein ranks 39 out of 3,175Before him are Stuart Sutcliffe, Joe Jackson, Ray Charles, André Rieu, Isaac Albéniz, and Maurice Gibb. After him are Benny Andersson, Scatman John, Brian Wilson, David Gilmour, Ronnie James Dio, and Björn Ulvaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Arthur Rubinstein ranks 15Before him are Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, and Vidkun Quisling. After him are Wilhelm Canaris, Jozef Tiso, Leopold Ružička, Juan Gris, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, and Leonard Bloomfield. Among people deceased in 1982, Arthur Rubinstein ranks 12Before him are Ingrid Bergman, Philip Noel-Baker, Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Anna Freud, and Roman Jakobson. After him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Philip K. Dick, William Giauque, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Vasily Chuikov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Arthur Rubinstein ranks 40 out of 1,694Before him are Rudolf Clausius (1822), Zygmunt Bauman (1925), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), Günther von Kluge (1882), and Walther Nernst (1864). After him are Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Bronisław Malinowski (1884), Klaus Kinski (1926), and Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768).

Among MUSICIANS In Poland

Among musicians born in Poland, Arthur Rubinstein ranks 2Before him are Władysław Szpilman (1911). After him are Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Wanda Landowska (1879), Henryk Szeryng (1918), Artur Schnabel (1882), Krystian Zimerman (1956), Carl Tausig (1841), Theodor Leschetizky (1830), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Josef Hofmann (1876), and Christoph Eschenbach (1940).