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Jascha Heifetz

1901 - 1987

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Jascha Heifetz (; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 – December 10, 1987) was a Russian-American violinist, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time. Born in Vilnius, he was soon recognized as a child prodigy and was trained in the Russian classical violin style in St. Petersburg. Accompanying his parents to escape the violence of the Russian Revolution, he moved to the United States as a teenager, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jascha Heifetz is the 115th most popular musician (down from 110th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Musician.

Jascha Heifetz is most famous for being a violinist. He was born in 1901 in Vilna, Lithuania.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jascha Heifetz ranks 115 out of 3,175. Before him are Sid Vicious, Sixto Rodriguez, Thomas Bangalter, Mariss Jansons, Quincy Jones, and Till Lindemann. After him are Duke Ellington, Robert Johnson, Krist Novoselic, King Oliver, David Guetta, and Gary Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jascha Heifetz ranks 45. Before him are Margaret Mead, Andrey Vlasov, Robert Bresson, Arthur Liebehenschel, José Leandro Andrade, and Nadezhda Alliluyeva. After him are Alfred Tarski, Jaroslav Seifert, Milton H. Erickson, Henri Lefebvre, Walter Hallstein, and Eisaku Satō. Among people deceased in 1987, Jascha Heifetz ranks 21. Before him are William Stuart-Houston, William P. Murphy, Thomas Sankara, Jacques Anquetil, Pola Negri, and Fahri Korutürk. After him are Georg Wittig, Lino Ventura, Lawrence Kohlberg, John Huston, Lee Marvin, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Jascha Heifetz ranks 21 out of 328. Before him are Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Antanas Smetona (1874), César Cui (1835), Valdas Adamkus (1926), and Pyotr Wrangel (1878). After him are Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799), Aaron Klug (1926), Marija Gimbutas (1921), and Algirdas Brazauskas (1932).

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Among MUSICIANS In Lithuania

Among musicians born in Lithuania, Jascha Heifetz ranks 1. After him are Leopold Godowsky (1870), Clara Rockmore (1911), Vlado Perlemuter (1904), Julian Rachlin (1974), and Alina Orlova (1988).

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