1970 - Today
Eric Edward Whitacre (born January 2, 1970) is a Grammy-winning 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 757,602 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Eric Whitacre is the 1,344th most popular composer (down from 1,203rd in 2019), the 14,152nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,161st in 2019) and the 138th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Eric Whitacre ranks 1,344 out of 1,216. Before him are James MacMillan, Lera Auerbach, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Airat Ichmouratov, Michel van der Aa, and Anu Malik. After him are Osvaldo Golijov, Brett Dean, Christopher Tin, Frederik Magle, Nicholas Britell, and Steven Price.
1959 - Present
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 1,338
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.73
Rank: 1,339
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.68
Rank: 1,340
1973 - Present
HPI: 34.21
Rank: 1,341
1970 - Present
HPI: 34.00
Rank: 1,342
1960 - Present
HPI: 33.90
Rank: 1,343
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 1,344
1960 - Present
HPI: 33.66
Rank: 1,345
1961 - Present
HPI: 33.53
Rank: 1,346
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 1,347
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.95
Rank: 1,348
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.79
Rank: 1,349
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.64
Rank: 1,350
Among people born in 1970, Eric Whitacre ranks 637. Before him are Els Callens, Mark Kirchner, Tord Gustavsen, Olaf Kölzig, Yayuk Basuki, and Heike Friedrich. After him are Tim Story, Ilmārs Bricis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kentaro Sawada, Kim Do-hoon, and Jeanette J. Epps.
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.93
Rank: 631
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 632
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.88
Rank: 633
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.87
Rank: 634
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.85
Rank: 635
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.83
Rank: 636
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 637
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.74
Rank: 638
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.74
Rank: 639
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.70
Rank: 640
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.69
Rank: 641
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.68
Rank: 642
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.63
Rank: 643
Among people born in United States, Eric Whitacre ranks 14,152 out of 18,182. Before him are Pamela Fryman (1959), Ed Quinn (1968), Eddie Holman (1946), Wayne Allard (1943), Beth Riesgraf (1978), and Hugh Beaumont (1909). After him are Ashley Massaro (1979), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Patrika Darbo (1948), Carolyn McCormick (1959), Scott Skiles (1964), and Brook Lopez (1988).
1959 - Present
HPI: 33.83
Rank: 14,146
1968 - Present
HPI: 33.83
Rank: 14,147
1946 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 14,148
1943 - Present
HPI: 33.82
Rank: 14,149
1978 - Present
HPI: 33.81
Rank: 14,150
1909 - 1982
HPI: 33.81
Rank: 14,151
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 14,152
1979 - 2019
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 14,153
1959 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 14,154
1948 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 14,155
1959 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 14,156
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 14,157
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 14,158
Among composers born in United States, Eric Whitacre ranks 138. Before him are Steve Roach (1955), Marc Shaiman (1959), Walter Murphy (1952), Justin Hurwitz (1985), John Ottman (1964), and Rhys Chatham (1952). After him are Christopher Tin (1976), Nicholas Britell (1980), and Oneohtrix Point Never (1982).
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.24
Rank: 132
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.08
Rank: 133
1952 - Present
HPI: 36.98
Rank: 134
1985 - Present
HPI: 36.34
Rank: 135
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.49
Rank: 136
1952 - Present
HPI: 35.47
Rank: 137
1970 - Present
HPI: 33.80
Rank: 138
1976 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 139
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.79
Rank: 140
1982 - Present
HPI: 28.09
Rank: 141