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David Woodard

1964 - Today

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David James Woodard ( ; born April 6, 1964) is an American conductor and writer. Los Angeles memorial services at which Woodard has served as conductor or music director include a 2001 civic ceremony held at the Angels Flight funicular railway honoring mishap casualty Leon Praport and his injured widow Lola.: 125  He has conducted wildlife requiems, including for a California brown pelican on the berm crest of a beach where the animal had fallen.: 152–153  He is reputed to favor colored inks in preparing a score.: 173  Woodard's replicas of the Dreamachine have been exhibited in art museums throughout the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Woodard has received more than 355,400 page views. His biography is available in 287 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 160 in 2019). David Woodard is the 334th most popular writer (up from 1,499th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,935th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 287

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 23.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, David Woodard ranks 334 out of 7,302Before him are Pär Lagerkvist, André Malraux, Théophile Gautier, Coen brothers, William Wordsworth, and Mikhail Sholokhov. After him are Paul Celan, Paul Éluard, Lorenzo Valla, Wilhelm Grimm, Callimachus, and Nâzım Hikmet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, David Woodard ranks 7Before him are Jeff Bezos, Nicolas Cage, Keanu Reeves, Monica Bellucci, Marco van Basten, and Sandra Bullock. After him are Russell Crowe, Jürgen Klinsmann, Dan Brown, Sarah Palin, Roberto Mancini, and Juliette Binoche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Woodard ranks 306 out of 20,380Before him are Sandra Bullock (1964), Miles Davis (1926), Coen brothers (null), Burt Lancaster (1913), Clinton Davisson (1881), and Oliver Hardy (1892). After him are Calvin Coolidge (1872), Billy the Kid (1859), B.B. King (1925), Norbert Wiener (1894), Eli Whitney (1765), and Rita Hayworth (1918).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, David Woodard ranks 26Before him are Walt Whitman (1819), Philip K. Dick (1928), Emily Dickinson (1830), Pearl S. Buck (1892), Gertrude Stein (1874), and Coen brothers (null). After him are Henry Miller (1891), Ezra Pound (1885), Louise Glück (1943), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Margaret Mitchell (1900), and Mario Puzo (1920).