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Miles Davis

American jazz musician

1926 - 1991

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His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2024). Miles Davis is the 71st most popular musician (down from 45th in 2024), the 503rd most popular biography from United States (down from 301st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Musician.

Miles Davis is most famous for being a jazz trumpeter and composer. He was the first jazz musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Miles Davis's biography appears in 86 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Musicians.

May 26

Miles Davis shares a May 26 birthday with Pope Clement VII, Alexander Pushkin, and Mary of Teck.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Miles Davis ranks 71 out of 3,175. Before him are Robert Fripp, Dschinghis Khan, J. J. Cale, Chuck Berry, Cliff Burton, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. After him are Vladimir Horowitz, Dean Martin, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Pablo de Sarasate, Pablo Casals, and Goran Bregović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Miles Davis ranks 23. Before him are Sathya Sai Baba, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Nuon Chea, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Andrzej Wajda, and Chuck Berry. After him are Irwin Rose, Harper Lee, Hugh Hefner, Jerry Lewis, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and Paul Berg. Among people deceased in 1991, Miles Davis ranks 17. Before him are Klaus Kinski, Gustáv Husák, W. Arthur Lewis, Jiang Qing, Graham Greene, and John Bardeen. After him are Frank Capra, Marcel Lefebvre, Lazar Kaganovich, Ragnar Granit, Soichiro Honda, and Oona O'Neill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Miles Davis ranks 503 out of 20,380. Before him are Cliff Burton (1962), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), and John Tyler (1790). After him are Theodore William Richards (1868), Gene Kelly (1912), William Howard Stein (1911), Billie Holiday (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), and Jessica Lange (1949).

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Among Musicians In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Miles Davis ranks 21. Before him are Iggy Pop (1947), Frank Zappa (1940), Bruce Springsteen (1949), J. J. Cale (1938), Chuck Berry (1926), and Cliff Burton (1962). After him are Dean Martin (1917), Charlie Parker (1920), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Dave Grohl (1969), and Alice Cooper (1948).

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