Musician

Coleman Hawkins

American jazz saxophonist

1904 - 1969

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Coleman Hawkins

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2024). Coleman Hawkins is the 595th most popular musician (down from 563rd in 2024), the 3,411th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,890th in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Musician.

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Coleman Hawkins's biography appears in 35 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 84% of all Musicians.

Nov 21

Coleman Hawkins shares a November 21 birthday with Voltaire, Pope Benedict XV, and René Magritte.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Coleman Hawkins ranks 595 out of 3,175. Before him are Lester Young, Marty Friedman, Roger Hodgson, Ginette Neveu, Hermeto Pascoal, and Loreena McKennitt. After him are Artie Shaw, Lionel Hampton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, James Taylor, Alan Walker, and Suga.

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HPI: 62.18
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HPI: 62.18
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HPI: 62.17
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Ginette Neveu
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Hermeto Pascoal
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HPI: 62.16
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Loreena McKennitt
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HPI: 62.16
Rank: 594
Coleman Hawkins
1904 - 1969
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 595
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HPI: 62.14
Rank: 596
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HPI: 62.14
Rank: 597
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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HPI: 62.13
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HPI: 62.12
Rank: 599
Alan Walker
1997 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 600
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1993 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 601

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Coleman Hawkins ranks 114. Before him are Jacques Tourneur, Arkady Gaidar, Antônio de Castro Mayer, Ding Ling, Felix Nussbaum, and István Horthy. After him are Luigi Bertolini, Ivar Ballangrud, Wang Ming, Karl Ernst, Giuseppe Terragni, and Leo Joseph Suenens. Among people deceased in 1969, Coleman Hawkins ranks 86. Before him are Michael Lippert, Lucien Bianchi, George Cœdès, Max Weinreich, Giovanni Urbani, and Léon Scieur. After him are Ivar Ballangrud, Josef Blösche, Thelma Ritter, He Long, Claude Dornier, and Domingo Tejera.

Others Born in 1904

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Jacques Tourneur
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1977
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 108
Arkady Gaidar
WRITER
1904 - 1941
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 109
Antônio de Castro Mayer
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1991
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 110
Ding Ling
WRITER
1904 - 1986
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 111
Felix Nussbaum
PAINTER
1904 - 1944
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 112
István Horthy
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1942
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 113
Coleman Hawkins
MUSICIAN
1904 - 1969
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 114
Luigi Bertolini
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1977
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 115
Ivar Ballangrud
SKATER
1904 - 1969
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 116
Wang Ming
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1974
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 117
Karl Ernst
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1904 - 1934
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 118
Giuseppe Terragni
ARCHITECT
1904 - 1943
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 119
Leo Joseph Suenens
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1904 - 1996
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 120