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Eric Whitacre

1970 - Today

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Eric Edward Whitacre (born January 2, 1970) is an American composer, conductor, and speaker best known for his choral music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Whitacre has received more than 817,229 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Whitacre is the 1,427th most popular composer (down from 1,342nd in 2019), the 15,258th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,116th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Eric Whitacre ranks 1,427 out of 1,451. Before him are Ēriks Ešenvalds, Masashi Hamauzu, Ola Gjeilo, Frederik Magle, Shoji Meguro, and Rupert Gregson-Williams. After him are Judith Weir, James MacMillan, John Ottman, Alla Zahaikevych, Christopher Tin, and Marcus Paus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Eric Whitacre ranks 704. Before him are Dean DeBlois, Gayle Forman, Szilveszter Csollány, Sergei Ovchinnikov, Morgan Johansson, and Mohammed Mourhit. After him are Perrey Reeves, Tayfur Havutçu, Salvador del Solar, Otilia Bădescu, Alysia Reiner, and Andrey Tikhonov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eric Whitacre ranks 15,258 out of 20,380. Before him are Jessica Sutta (1982), Christopher Castile (1980), Angelica Ross (1980), Aaron Peirsol (1983), Douglas Wilder (1931), and Tom Jager (1964). After him are Hazel R. O'Leary (1937), Tammy Baldwin (1962), Nipsey Hussle (1985), Hans Niemann (2003), Perrey Reeves (1970), and Richard Bakalyan (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Eric Whitacre ranks 145. Before him are Vivian Kubrick (1960), Walter Murphy (1952), George Perle (1915), Meredith Willson (1902), Marc Shaiman (1959), and Randall Thompson (1899). After him are John Ottman (1964), Christopher Tin (1976), Nicholas Britell (1980), and Oneohtrix Point Never (1982).

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