1927 - 2013
Donald Walbridge Shirley (January 29, 1927 – April 6, 2013) was an American classical and jazz pianist and composer. He recorded many albums for Cadence Records during the 1950s and 1960s, experimenting with jazz with a classical influence. He wrote organ symphonies, piano concerti, a cello concerto, three string quartets, a one-act opera, works for organ, piano and violin, a symphonic poem based on the 1939 novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, and a set of "Variations" on the 1858 opera Orpheus in the Underworld.Born in Pensacola, Florida, Shirley was a promising young student of classical piano. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Shirley has received more than 6,499,934 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Don Shirley is the 110th most popular musician (up from 122nd in 2019), the 652nd most popular biography from United States (up from 724th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Musician.
Don Shirley is most famous for being a pianist and composer.
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Among musicians, Don Shirley ranks 110 out of 2,662. Before him are Henryk Wieniawski, Buddy Holly, Fernando Sor, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Nadia Boulanger, and Lady Gaga. After him are Ravi Shankar, Andrés Segovia, Bernard Haitink, Fritz Kreisler, Benny Goodman, and John Bonham.
1835 - 1880
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 104
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 105
1778 - 1839
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 106
1644 - 1704
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 107
1887 - 1979
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 108
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 109
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 110
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 111
1893 - 1987
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 112
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 113
1875 - 1962
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 114
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 115
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 116
Among people born in 1927, Don Shirley ranks 28. Before him are Margaret Keane, Maurice Béjart, Janet Leigh, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Martin Lewis Perl. After him are Robert Ludlum, Hubert de Givenchy, Robert Hossein, Manfred Eigen, Harry Belafonte, and Emmanuelle Riva. Among people deceased in 2013, Don Shirley ranks 27. Before him are Djalma Santos, Robert Edwards, Robert Coleman Richardson, Douglas Engelbart, Georges Moustaki, and Nílton Santos. After him are Rochus Misch, François Jacob, Donald A. Glaser, Jang Song-thaek, Erich Priebke, and Richard Griffiths.
1927 - Present
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 22
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 23
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 24
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 25
1927 - 2005
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 26
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 27
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 28
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 29
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 30
1927 - 2020
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 31
1927 - 2019
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 32
1927 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 33
1927 - 2017
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 34
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 21
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 22
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 23
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 24
1934 - 2013
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 25
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 26
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 27
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 28
1920 - 2013
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 29
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 30
1946 - 2013
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 31
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 32
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Don Shirley ranks 652 out of 18,182. Before him are Anne Rice (1941), George A. Romero (1940), William Hanna (1910), Billie Jean King (1943), Howard Hawks (1896), and Lady Gaga (1986). After him are Carrie Fisher (1956), Walter Hill (1942), Sally Field (1946), Linda Lovelace (1949), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), and Douglass North (1920).
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 646
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 647
1910 - 2001
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 648
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 649
1896 - 1977
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 650
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 651
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 652
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 653
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 654
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 655
1949 - 2002
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 656
1923 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 657
1920 - 2015
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 658
Among musicians born in United States, Don Shirley ranks 32. Before him are Dean Martin (1917), Glenn Miller (1904), Bill Evans (1929), Nat King Cole (1919), Buddy Holly (1936), and Lady Gaga (1986). After him are Benny Goodman (1909), Chick Corea (1941), Alice Cooper (1948), Quincy Jones (1933), Ray Manzarek (1939), and Ice-T (1958).
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 26
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 27
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 28
1919 - 1965
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 29
1936 - 1959
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 30
1986 - Present
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 31
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 32
1909 - 1986
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 34
1948 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 35
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 36
1939 - 2013
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 37
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 38