1909 - 1986
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Goodman has received more than 2,660,193 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Goodman is the 115th most popular musician (down from 88th in 2019), the 679th most popular biography from United States (down from 565th in 2019) and the 33rd 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 115 out of 2,662. Before him are Lady Gaga, Don Shirley, Ravi Shankar, Andrés Segovia, Bernard Haitink, and Fritz Kreisler. After him are John Bonham, Ronnie Wood, Jascha Heifetz, Chick Corea, Neil Young, and John Dowland.
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 109
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 110
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 111
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 112
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 113
1875 - 1962
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 114
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 115
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 116
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 117
1901 - 1987
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 118
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 119
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 120
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1909, Benny Goodman ranks 21. Before him are Kwame Nkrumah, Mohammed V of Morocco, Li Xiannian, Ernst Gombrich, Errol Flynn, and Talal of Jordan. After him are Elia Kazan, Fred Perry, Carmen Miranda, Miep Gies, John Fante, and Marinus van der Lubbe. Among people deceased in 1986, Benny Goodman ranks 24. Before him are Celâl Bayar, Henry Moore, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, Fritz Albert Lipmann, and Dmitry Kabalevsky. After him are Erich Koch, Edward Adelbert Doisy, James Rainwater, Chiune Sugihara, Jaroslav Seifert, and Minoru Yamasaki.
1909 - 1972
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 15
1909 - 1961
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 16
1909 - 1992
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 17
1909 - 2001
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 18
1909 - 1959
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 19
1909 - 1972
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 20
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 21
1909 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 22
1909 - 1995
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 23
1909 - 1955
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 24
1909 - 2010
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 25
1909 - 1983
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 26
1909 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 27
1883 - 1986
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 18
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 19
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 20
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 21
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 22
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 24
1896 - 1986
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 25
1893 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 26
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 27
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 28
1901 - 1986
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 29
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 30
Among people born in United States, Benny Goodman ranks 679 out of 18,182. Before him are Steven Weinberg (1933), Sidney Lumet (1924), Brandon Lee (1965), Tim Robbins (1958), Nancy Sinatra (1940), and Ellen Burstyn (1932). After him are Kenneth Arrow (1921), Bing Crosby (1903), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Don Johnson (1949), Michael Bloomberg (1942), and Donald A. Glaser (1926).
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 673
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 674
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 675
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 676
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 677
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 678
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 679
1921 - 2017
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 680
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 681
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 682
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 683
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 684
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 685
Among musicians born in United States, Benny Goodman ranks 33. Before him are Glenn Miller (1904), Bill Evans (1929), Nat King Cole (1919), Buddy Holly (1936), Lady Gaga (1986), and Don Shirley (1927). After him are Chick Corea (1941), Alice Cooper (1948), Quincy Jones (1933), Ray Manzarek (1939), Ice-T (1958), and Lionel Richie (1949).
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 27
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 28
1919 - 1965
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 29
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 30
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 31
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 32
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 34
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 35
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 36
1939 - 2013
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 37
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 38
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 39