1924 - 2012
Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played. This new style of playing became popular and elevated the banjo from its previous role as a background rhythm instrument to featured solo status. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Earl Scruggs has received more than 1,267,820 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Earl Scruggs is the 1,117th most popular composer (down from 947th in 2019), the 7,848th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,840th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Earl Scruggs ranks 1,117 out of 1,228. Before him are John Debney, John Kander, H. C. Robbins Landon, Lepo Sumera, Jocelyn Pook, and Nicholas Hooper. After him are Ezio Bosso, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Hiroyuki Sawano, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Alexandre Levy, and Zakir Hussain.
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,111
1927 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,112
1926 - 2009
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,113
1950 - 2000
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 1,114
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,115
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,116
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,117
1971 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,118
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 1,119
1980 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 1,120
1884 - 1920
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 1,121
1864 - 1892
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 1,122
1951 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 1,123
Among people born in 1924, Earl Scruggs ranks 338. Before him are Stanley Jaki, Jo Benkow, Michael Manley, Siiri Rantanen, Otis Spann, and Hubert Curien. After him are Joseph Nérette, Thomas Berger, George Amick, Arkady Vorobyov, Leslie Phillips, and Paulo Muwanga. Among people deceased in 2012, Earl Scruggs ranks 335. Before him are Heino Kruus, Ralph McQuarrie, Bill Moggridge, Bob Welch, J. Bernlef, and Rodolfo Quezada Toruño. After him are Héctor Camacho, Arkady Vorobyov, Murray Rose, Bernard Lovell, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, and Vasily Belov.
1924 - 2009
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 332
1924 - 2013
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 333
1924 - 1997
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 334
1924 - Present
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 335
1924 - 1970
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 336
1924 - 2005
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 337
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 338
1924 - 2007
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 339
1924 - 2014
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 340
1924 - 1959
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 341
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 342
1924 - Present
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 343
1924 - 1991
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 344
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 329
1929 - 2012
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 330
1943 - 2012
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 331
1945 - 2012
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 332
1937 - 2012
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 333
1932 - 2012
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 334
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 335
1962 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 336
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 337
1939 - 2012
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 338
1913 - 2012
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 339
1952 - 2012
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 340
1932 - 2012
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 341
Among people born in United States, Earl Scruggs ranks 7,848 out of 15,968. Before him are Tom McCarthy (1966), Miriam Cooper (1891), Redd Foxx (1922), Simon Guggenheim (1867), Chris Hughes (1983), and Lloyd Ruby (1928). After him are Alvah Bessie (1904), Julianne Nicholson (1971), Alessandro Nivola (1972), Gerard Way (1977), Laura Nyro (1947), and Mike Lee (1971).
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 7,842
1891 - 1976
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 7,843
1922 - 1991
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 7,844
1867 - 1941
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,845
1983 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,846
1928 - 2009
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,847
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,848
1904 - 1985
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,849
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,850
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,851
1977 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,852
1947 - 1997
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,853
1971 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 7,854
Among composers born in United States, Earl Scruggs ranks 88. Before him are David Raksin (1912), Spike Jones (1911), Howard Hanson (1896), John Debney (1956), John Kander (1927), and H. C. Robbins Landon (1926). After him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Christopher Young (1958), George Bruns (1914), Virgil Thomson (1896), Joseph Lamb (1887), and Mark Mancina (1957).
1912 - 2004
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 82
1911 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 83
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 84
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 85
1927 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 86
1926 - 2009
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 87
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 88
1884 - 1920
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 89
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 90
1914 - 1983
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 91
1896 - 1989
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 92
1887 - 1960
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 93
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 94