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Dennis Brain

1921 - 1957

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Dennis Brain (17 May 1921 – 1 September 1957) was a British horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, playing in its band and orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Brain has received more than 171,838 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Dennis Brain is the 1,550th most popular musician (down from 1,511th in 2019), the 4,053rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,922nd in 2019) and the 250th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dennis Brain ranks 1,550 out of 3,175. Before him are John Legend, Anders Johansson, Ronnie Lane, Jason Orange, Randy Edelman, and Arthur Crudup. After him are Matthias Reim, Richie Ramone, Brian Setzer, Efrem Zimbalist, Julieta Venegas, and John Sykes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Dennis Brain ranks 348. Before him are Jan Sterling, Hal David, Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, Aldo Gordini, Cyrille Adoula, and John Pritchard. After him are Phạm Duy, Denys de La Patellière, Herb Ellis, Giorgio Scarlatti, Josef Holeček, and Abdul Qadir al-Badri. Among people deceased in 1957, Dennis Brain ranks 185. Before him are Alfredo Gollini, Ken Wharton, Zenón Noriega Agüero, Jimmy Dorsey, Ernesto Chaparro, and Guillermo Saavedra. After him are José Patricio Guggiari, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Judy Tyler, Julia Morgan, John Svanberg, and Lőrinc Szabó.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dennis Brain ranks 4,053 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Shaw (1945), Ewan MacColl (1915), Jonny Evans (1988), Jack Beresford (1899), Steve Coogan (1965), and Mary Millar (1936). After him are Luke Foxe (1586), Herbert Giles (1845), Rachel Portman (1960), Edward John Eyre (1815), Acker Bilk (1929), and Bernard Cribbins (1928).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Dennis Brain ranks 250. Before him are John Powell (1963), Robin Trower (1945), David Cross (1949), Rick Allen (1963), Ronnie Lane (1946), and Jason Orange (1970). After him are John Sykes (1959), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), John Martyn (1948), Thomas Ravenscroft (1592), Daphne Oram (1925), and Steve Hillage (1951).

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