1922 - 1979
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Mingus has received more than 2,656,332 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Charles Mingus is the 291st most popular musician (down from 280th in 2019), the 1,698th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,529th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Charles Mingus ranks 291 out of 2,662. Before him are Dave Mustaine, Tiësto, Ornette Coleman, Igor Oistrakh, Sixto Rodriguez, and Eric Carr. After him are PJ Harvey, Manu Dibango, Stig Anderson, Joe Jackson, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Fela Kuti.
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 285
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 286
1930 - 2015
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 287
1931 - 2021
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 288
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 289
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 290
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 291
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 292
1933 - 2020
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 293
1931 - 1997
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 294
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 295
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 296
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 297
Among people born in 1922, Charles Mingus ranks 84. Before him are Karl-Otto Apel, Annemarie Schimmel, Elmer Bernstein, Abdul Razak Hussein, Veronica Lake, and Gianna Beretta Molla. After him are Leon M. Lederman, Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Marek Edelman, Damiano Damiani, Fikret Amirov, and Serge Reggiani. Among people deceased in 1979, Charles Mingus ranks 54. Before him are Conrad Hilton, Teruo Nakamura, Konstantin Simonov, Dhyan Chand, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. After him are Yuen Siu-tien, Alfredo Ottaviani, Rudi Dutschke, Charles W. Morris, Ali Hassan Salameh, and Nicos Poulantzas.
1922 - 2017
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 78
1922 - 2003
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 79
1922 - 2004
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 80
1922 - 1976
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 81
1922 - 1973
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 82
1922 - 1962
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 83
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 84
1922 - 2018
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 85
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 86
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 87
1922 - 2013
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 88
1922 - 1984
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 89
1922 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 90
1887 - 1979
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 48
1919 - 1979
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 49
1915 - 1979
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 50
1905 - 1979
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 51
1894 - 1979
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 52
1900 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 53
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 54
1912 - 1979
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 55
1890 - 1979
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 56
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 57
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 58
1940 - 1979
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 59
1936 - 1979
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 60
Among people born in United States, Charles Mingus ranks 1,698 out of 18,182. Before him are Eric Carr (1950), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), Chris Evans (1981), William Styron (1925), Richard Serra (1939), and John Backus (1924). After him are Samuel R. Delany (1942), Robert E. Park (1864), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Tom Regan (1938), Charles Eames (1907), and James Oliver Curwood (1878).
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,692
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,693
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,694
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,695
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,696
1924 - 2007
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,697
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,698
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,699
1864 - 1944
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,700
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,701
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,702
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,703
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,704
Among musicians born in United States, Charles Mingus ranks 83. Before him are Beck (1970), Will.i.am (1975), Dave Mustaine (1961), Ornette Coleman (1930), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), and Eric Carr (1950). After him are Joe Jackson (1928), Count Basie (1904), Glenn Frey (1948), Moby (1965), Johnny Ramone (1948), and Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954).
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 77
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 78
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 79
1930 - 2015
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 80
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 81
1950 - 1991
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 82
1922 - 1979
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 83
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 84
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 85
1948 - 2016
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 86
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 87
1948 - 2004
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 88
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 89