1934 - Today
Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy Award and 10 Grammy Awards. He is also a frequent collaborator with director Sydney Pollack, scoring many of his films like Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), Tootsie (1982), The Firm (1993), and Random Hearts (1999). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Grusin has received more than 862,549 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dave Grusin is the 703rd most popular composer (down from 693rd in 2019), the 3,401st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,287th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Dave Grusin ranks 703 out of 1,216. Before him are Antoine Forqueray, František Brixi, Franz Lachner, Veljo Tormis, Alexander Mosolov, and Benjamin Godard. After him are Robert Cambert, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Eduard Tubin, Amy Beach, Oskar Merikanto, and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.
1671 - 1745
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 697
1732 - 1771
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 698
1803 - 1890
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 699
1930 - 2017
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 700
1900 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 701
1849 - 1895
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 702
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 703
1628 - 1677
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 704
1663 - 1712
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 705
1905 - 1982
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 706
1867 - 1944
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 707
1868 - 1924
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 708
1789 - 1856
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 709
Among people born in 1934, Dave Grusin ranks 172. Before him are Dida, Harlan Ellison, Henri Konan Bédié, George Hilton, Robert D. Hare, and Boris Volynov. After him are Fou Ts'ong, Eddie Fenech Adami, Eva Mozes Kor, Lau Kar-leung, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, and Manfred Wörner.
1934 - 2002
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 166
1934 - 2018
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 167
1934 - 2023
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 168
1934 - 2019
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 169
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 170
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 171
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 172
1934 - 2020
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 173
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 174
1934 - 2019
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 175
1934 - 2013
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 176
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 177
1934 - 1994
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 178
Among people born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 3,401 out of 18,182. Before him are Jon Cryer (1965), Carla Bley (1936), Fred Quimby (1886), Richard Bright (1937), Dan Gurney (1931), and Lynne Cheney (1941). After him are Willie Garson (1964), Chris McCandless (1968), Bill Nelson (1942), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dennis Weaver (1924), and Nancy Roman (1925).
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,395
1936 - 2023
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,396
1886 - 1965
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,397
1937 - 2006
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,398
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,399
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,400
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,401
1964 - 2021
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 3,402
1968 - 1992
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,403
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,404
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,405
1924 - 2006
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,406
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3,407
Among composers born in United States, Dave Grusin ranks 41. Before him are Jonathan Larson (1960), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Basil Poledouris (1945), Alex North (1910), Thomas Newman (1955), and Sun Ra (1914). After him are Amy Beach (1867), Harold Arlen (1905), Edward MacDowell (1860), Jerome Kern (1885), Elliott Carter (1908), and La Monte Young (1935).
1960 - 1996
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 35
1837 - 1892
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 36
1945 - 2006
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 37
1910 - 1991
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 38
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 39
1914 - 1993
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 40
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 41
1867 - 1944
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 42
1905 - 1986
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 43
1860 - 1908
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 44
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 45
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 46
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 47