1920 - 2012
David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer, considered one of the foremost exponents of cool jazz. Many of his compositions have become jazz standards including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranged from refined to bombastic, reflecting both his mother's classical training and his own improvisational skills. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Brubeck has received more than 2,024,091 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Dave Brubeck is the 140th most popular musician (up from 155th in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from United States (up from 884th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Musician.
Dave Brubeck is most famous for being a jazz pianist and composer. He was born in Concord, California in 1920 and studied music at the University of the Pacific. He formed the Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951 with Paul Desmond on saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums. They were one of the most popular jazz groups in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Among musicians, Dave Brubeck ranks 140 out of 2,675. Before him are Manu Dibango, Ice-T, Itzhak Perlman, George Martin, Nick Mason, and David Guetta. After him are Dizzy Gillespie, Mariss Jansons, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Don Cherry, and Joe Hisaishi.
1933 - 2020
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 134
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 135
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 136
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 137
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 138
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 139
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 140
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 141
1943 - 2019
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 142
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 143
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 144
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 145
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 146
Among people born in 1920, Dave Brubeck ranks 36. Before him are Ravi Shankar, François Jacob, Douglass North, Fritz Walter, Helmut Newton, and Clarice Lispector. After him are Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Alberto Sordi, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Sun Myung Moon, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, and Gunnar Gren. Among people deceased in 2012, Dave Brubeck ranks 33. Before him are Stephen Covey, Tony Scott, Matilde Camus, Carlos Fuentes, Hebe Camargo, and Rodney King. After him are Antoni Tàpies, Kiro Gligorov, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Sun Myung Moon, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Eduard Khil.
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 30
1920 - 2013
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 31
1920 - 2015
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 32
1920 - 2002
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 33
1920 - 2004
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 34
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 35
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 36
1920 - 2016
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 37
1920 - 2003
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 38
1920 - 2017
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 39
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 40
1920 - 2014
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 41
1920 - 1991
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 42
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 27
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 28
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 29
1928 - 2012
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 30
1929 - 2012
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 31
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 32
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 33
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 34
1917 - 2012
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 35
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 36
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 37
1925 - 2012
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 38
1934 - 2012
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 39
Among people born in United States, Dave Brubeck ranks 810 out of 15,968. Before him are Joseph Campbell (1904), Kevin Kline (1947), Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1918), Maya Angelou (1928), Raymond Carver (1938), and Donald A. Glaser (1926). After him are Renée Zellweger (1969), John Kerry (1943), Percival Lowell (1855), Dennis Rodman (1961), Mel Ferrer (1917), and Ronald Wayne (1934).
1904 - 1987
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 804
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 805
1918 - 1953
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 806
1928 - 2014
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 807
1938 - 1988
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 808
1926 - 2013
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 809
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 810
1969 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 811
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 812
1855 - 1916
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 813
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 814
1917 - 2008
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 815
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 816
Among musicians born in United States, Dave Brubeck ranks 38. Before him are Bill Evans (1929), Don Shirley (1927), Ray Manzarek (1939), Lady Gaga (1986), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Ice-T (1958). After him are Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Herbie Hancock (1940), Quincy Jones (1933), Don Cherry (1936), Cyndi Lauper (1953), and Keith Jarrett (1945).
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 32
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 33
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 35
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 36
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 37
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 38
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 39
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 41
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 42
1953 - Present
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 43
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 44