1937 - 2011
David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter and author Herbert Bedford and the composer Liza Lehmann, and the son of Leslie Bedford, an inventor, and Lesley Duff, a soprano opera singer.From 1969 to 1981, Bedford was Composer in Residence at Queen's College, London. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Bedford has received more than 136,886 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. David Bedford is the 1,725th most popular musician (down from 1,467th in 2019), the 4,372nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,771st in 2019) and the 287th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, David Bedford ranks 1,725 out of 2,662. Before him are Larry Adler, Tomatito, Laurent Garnier, Butch Vig, Howard Donald, and Nikolai Lugansky. After him are Devin Townsend, Spencer Dryden, Alan Jay Lerner, Blue Mitchell, James Cotton, and Neal Schon.
1914 - 2001
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 1,719
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 1,720
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 1,721
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 1,722
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 1,723
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 1,724
1937 - 2011
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 1,725
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 1,726
1938 - 2005
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 1,727
1918 - 1986
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,728
1930 - 1979
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,729
1935 - 2017
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 1,730
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 1,731
Among people born in 1937, David Bedford ranks 416. Before him are Josef Stiegler, Garth Hudson, Martin Litchfield West, Fred Akuffo, Vilmos Varjú, and Imerio Massignan. After him are Alexandra Zabelina, Gorilla Monsoon, Tony Barton, Garrett Morris, Francis George, and Eddie Floyd. Among people deceased in 2011, David Bedford ranks 358. Before him are Yozhef Betsa, Mohamed Bouazizi, Ray Bryant, Ragnhild Hveger, Frank Buckles, and Ed Macauley. After him are Paul Motian, Jagjit Singh, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Filoimea Telito, Jean Dutourd, and Loleatta Holloway.
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 410
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 411
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 412
1937 - 1979
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 413
1937 - 1994
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 414
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 415
1937 - 2011
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 416
1937 - 2022
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 417
1937 - 1999
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 418
1937 - 1993
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 419
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 420
1937 - 2015
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 421
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 422
1929 - 2011
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 352
1984 - 2011
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 353
1931 - 2011
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 354
1920 - 2011
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 355
1901 - 2011
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 356
1928 - 2011
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 357
1937 - 2011
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 358
1931 - 2011
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 359
1941 - 2011
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 360
1958 - 2011
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 361
1945 - 2011
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 362
1920 - 2011
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 363
1946 - 2011
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 364
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Bedford ranks 4,372 out of 7,765. Before him are Louis Fraser (1810), Michael Foot (1913), Jocelyn Pook (1960), Howard Donald (1968), Daniel Harding (1975), and Paul McGann (1959). After him are Daniel Sturridge (1989), Isaac Hempstead Wright (1999), Tracey Ullman (1959), Murray Rose (1939), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), and Stephen Spender (1909).
1810 - 1866
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,366
1913 - 2010
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,367
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 4,368
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 4,369
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 4,370
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 4,371
1937 - 2011
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 4,372
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 4,373
1999 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 4,374
1959 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,375
1939 - 2012
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,376
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,377
1909 - 1995
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 4,378
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, David Bedford ranks 287. Before him are John Martyn (1948), Ian McLagan (1945), Brian Robertson (1956), Zak Starkey (1965), Gerry Marsden (1942), and Howard Donald (1968). After him are Richie Hawtin (1970), Stephen Morris (1957), Chris Thomas (1947), Nick Rhodes (1962), Jason Orange (1970), and Dave Mason (1946).
1948 - 2009
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 281
1945 - 2014
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 282
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 283
1965 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 284
1942 - 2021
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 285
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.32
Rank: 286
1937 - 2011
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 287
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 288
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 289
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 290
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 291
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 292
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 293