1914 - 2006
Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭, Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akira Ifukube has received more than 290,180 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 17 in 2019). Akira Ifukube is the 949th most popular composer (down from 873rd in 2019), the 955th most popular biography from Japan (down from 901st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Composer.
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Among composers, Akira Ifukube ranks 949 out of 1,216. Before him are Myroslav Skoryk, Daniel Alomía Robles, W. C. Handy, Simeon ten Holt, Percy Faith, and Carlo Rustichelli. After him are Marvin Hamlisch, Wilhelm Kienzl, Tan Dun, Édouard Deldevez, Marcos Portugal, and Joseph Hellmesberger Sr..
1938 - 2020
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 943
1871 - 1942
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 944
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 945
1923 - 2012
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 946
1908 - 1976
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 947
1916 - 2004
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 948
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 949
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 950
1857 - 1941
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 951
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 952
1817 - 1897
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 953
1762 - 1830
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 954
1828 - 1893
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 955
Among people born in 1914, Akira Ifukube ranks 196. Before him are Josep Escolà, William Phillips, Alf Prøysen, Grigol Abashidze, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Norman Lloyd. After him are Gisèle Casadesus, Ralph Ellison, Ray Walston, Ralph Erskine, Edmund Muskie, and Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury. Among people deceased in 2006, Akira Ifukube ranks 188. Before him are Esther Lederberg, Vilgot Sjöman, Elizabeth Bolden, Andreas Katsulas, Kent Andersson, and Theodore Levitt. After him are Octavia E. Butler, Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Lars Korvald, Ion Drîmbă, Arif Mardin, and Jean-Louis de Rambures.
1914 - 1998
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 190
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 191
1914 - 1970
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 192
1914 - 1994
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 193
1914 - 1984
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 194
1914 - 2021
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 195
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 196
1914 - 2017
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 197
1914 - 1994
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 198
1914 - 2001
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 199
1914 - 2005
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 200
1914 - 1996
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 201
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 202
1922 - 2006
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 182
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 183
1890 - 2006
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 184
1946 - 2006
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 185
1942 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 186
1925 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 187
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 188
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 189
1950 - 2006
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 190
1916 - 2006
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 191
1942 - 2006
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 192
1932 - 2006
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 193
1930 - 2006
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 194
Among people born in Japan, Akira Ifukube ranks 955 out of 6,048. Before him are Sion Sono (1961), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Misuzu Kaneko (1903), Ichiro Suzuki (1973), and Uchida Kōsai (1865). After him are Megumi Torigoe (1950), Jinichi Kusaka (1888), Shinji Mikami (1965), Kenichi Ohmae (1943), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), and Shinobu Hashimoto (1918).
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 949
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 950
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 951
1903 - 1930
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 952
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 953
1865 - 1936
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 954
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 955
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 956
1888 - 1972
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 957
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 958
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 959
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 960
1918 - 2018
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 961
Among composers born in Japan, Akira Ifukube ranks 10. Before him are Ichirou Mizuki (1948), Miki Matsubara (1959), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Keiko Abe (1937), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), and Kenji Kawai (1957). After him are Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Koji Kondo (1961), Akira Yamaoka (1968), and Hiroyuki Sawano (1980).
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 4
1959 - 2004
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 5
1931 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 7
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 8
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 9
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 10
1933 - 2022
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 11
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12
1914 - 1955
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 13
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 14
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 15
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 16