1909 - 1986
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938 is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."Goodman's bands started the careers of many jazz musicians. During an era of racial segregation, he led one of the first integrated jazz groups. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Goodman has received more than 1,822,876 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Benny Goodman is the 88th most popular musician (down from 84th in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from United States (down from 496th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Musician.
Benny Goodman is most famous for being a jazz musician who played the clarinet and led a band.
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Among musicians, Benny Goodman ranks 88 out of 2,675. Before him are Cosima Wagner, Richard Wright, Maurice Gibb, Angus Young, Paco de Lucía, and Robert Fripp. After him are Richard Clayderman, João Gilberto, Thomas Bangalter, Henryk Wieniawski, John Dowland, and Sid Vicious.
1837 - 1930
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 82
1943 - 2008
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 83
1949 - 2003
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 84
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 85
1947 - 2014
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 86
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 87
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 88
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 89
1931 - 2019
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 90
1 - Present
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 91
1835 - 1880
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 92
1563 - 1626
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 93
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 94
Among people born in 1909, Benny Goodman ranks 15. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah, U Thant, Osamu Dazai, Elia Kazan, Errol Flynn, and Li Xiannian. After him are Isaiah Berlin, Mohammed V of Morocco, Ernst Gombrich, Victor Borge, Mohammed Daoud Khan, and Talal of Jordan. Among people deceased in 1986, Benny Goodman ranks 17. Before him are Joseph Beuys, Henry Moore, Jean Genet, Harold Macmillan, Cliff Burton, and Frank Herbert. After him are Celâl Bayar, Urho Kekkonen, Albert Szent-Györgyi, L. Ron Hubbard, Vincente Minnelli, and Dmitry Kabalevsky.
1909 - 1972
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 9
1909 - 1974
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 10
1909 - 1948
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 11
1909 - 2003
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 12
1909 - 1959
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 13
1909 - 1992
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 14
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 15
1909 - 1997
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 16
1909 - 1961
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 17
1909 - 2001
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 18
1909 - 2000
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 19
1909 - 1978
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 20
1909 - 1972
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 21
1921 - 1986
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 11
1898 - 1986
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 12
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 13
1894 - 1986
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 14
1962 - 1986
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 15
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 16
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 17
1883 - 1986
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 18
1900 - 1986
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 19
1893 - 1986
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 20
1911 - 1986
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 21
1903 - 1986
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 22
1904 - 1986
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Benny Goodman ranks 565 out of 15,968. Before him are Richard Stallman (1953), Scott Joplin (1868), Glenn Close (1947), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Martin Landau (1928), and Michael Keaton (1951). After him are Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Steven Tyler (1948), Ted Kennedy (1932), Alan Shepard (1923), and Willem Dafoe (1955).
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 559
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 560
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 561
1942 - 1994
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 562
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 563
1951 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 564
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 565
1918 - 1999
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 566
1839 - 1913
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 567
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 568
1932 - 2009
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 569
1923 - 1998
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 570
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 571
Among musicians born in United States, Benny Goodman ranks 27. Before him are John Coltrane (1926), Duke Ellington (1899), Cliff Burton (1962), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Nat King Cole (1919), and Lou Reed (1942). After him are Buddy Holly (1936), Glenn Miller (1904), Alice Cooper (1948), Ritchie Valens (1941), Bill Evans (1929), and Don Shirley (1927).
1926 - 1967
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 21
1899 - 1974
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 22
1962 - 1986
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 23
1916 - 1999
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 24
1919 - 1965
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 25
1942 - 2013
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 26
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 27
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 28
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 29
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 30
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 31
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 32
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 33