1915 - 2002
Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker. Lomax produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the US and in England, which played an important role in preserving folk music traditions in both countries, and helped start both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Lomax has received more than 988,486 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alan Lomax is the 398th most popular businessperson (down from 333rd in 2019), the 5,250th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,894th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Alan Lomax ranks 398 out of 601. Before him are Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, William Henry Conley, Ron Woodroof, Kim Dotcom, Biz Stone, and Eugène Lanti. After him are William Knox D'Arcy, Michael Eisner, Mikhail Fridman, S. Robson Walton, Christophe de Margerie, and Carl Icahn.
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 392
1840 - 1897
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 393
1950 - 1992
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 394
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 395
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 396
1879 - 1947
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 397
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 398
1849 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 399
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 400
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 401
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 402
1951 - 2014
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 403
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 404
Among people born in 1915, Alan Lomax ranks 159. Before him are Sargent Shriver, Kurt Aland, Gozo Shioda, Amedeo Biavati, Derek Prince, and Regina Ghazaryan. After him are Leigh Brackett, Robert Motherwell, Hasse Ekman, Ferenc Sas, Fuad Abdurahmanov, and Ann Sheridan. Among people deceased in 2002, Alan Lomax ranks 173. Before him are Marcel Kint, Said Belqola, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Rudolf Augstein, Antony C. Sutton, and Robert Urich. After him are Tinus Osendarp, André Clot, Martti Miettunen, Tita Merello, Stephen E. Ambrose, and Lawrence Tierney.
1915 - 2011
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 153
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 154
1915 - 1994
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 155
1915 - 1979
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 156
1915 - 2003
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 157
1915 - 1999
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 158
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 159
1915 - 1978
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 160
1915 - 1991
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 161
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 162
1915 - 1988
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 163
1915 - 1971
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 164
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 165
1914 - 2002
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 167
1956 - 2002
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 168
1923 - 2002
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 169
1923 - 2002
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 170
1925 - 2002
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 171
1946 - 2002
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 172
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 173
1916 - 2002
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 174
1909 - 2002
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 175
1907 - 2002
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 176
1904 - 2002
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 177
1936 - 2002
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 178
1919 - 2002
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 179
Among people born in United States, Alan Lomax ranks 5,250 out of 18,182. Before him are Janet Margolin (1943), Harry Partch (1901), Joan Blondell (1906), Mona Simpson (1957), Beah Richards (1920), and Richard Estes (1932). After him are Ginger Lynn (1962), Glenn Danzig (1955), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Albert Brooks (1947), Joshua Logan (1908), and Kathryn Adams (1893).
1943 - 1993
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 5,244
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,245
1906 - 1979
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,246
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,247
1920 - 2000
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,248
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,249
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,250
1962 - Present
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 5,251
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 5,252
1937 - 2000
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 5,253
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 5,254
1908 - 1988
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 5,255
1893 - 1959
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 5,256
Among businesspeople born in United States, Alan Lomax ranks 129. Before him are Brendan Eich (1961), Gene Haas (1952), Jim Walton (1948), William Henry Conley (1840), Ron Woodroof (1950), and Biz Stone (1974). After him are Michael Eisner (1942), S. Robson Walton (1944), Carl Icahn (1936), Samuel Brannan (1819), Muhtar Kent (1952), and David Geffen (1943).
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 123
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 124
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 125
1840 - 1897
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 126
1950 - 1992
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 127
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 128
1915 - 2002
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 129
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 130
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 131
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 132
1819 - 1889
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 133
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 134
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 135