COMPOSER

George Bruns

1914 - 1983

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George Edward Bruns (July 3, 1914 – May 23, 1983) was an American composer of music for film and television. His accolades include four Academy Award nominations and three Grammy Award nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Bruns has received more than 317,081 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Bruns is the 1,223rd most popular composer (up from 1,250th in 2019), the 7,558th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,266th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Bruns ranks 1,223 out of 1,451. Before him are Havergal Brian, Alan Hovhaness, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Alphons Czibulka, Arthur Bliss, and Andrei Eshpai. After him are Alexandre Levy, Nicholas Hooper, Glenn Branca, Miina Härma, Elliot Goldenthal, and Gavriil Popov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, George Bruns ranks 303. Before him are Harold Russell, Robert R. Wilson, Juanita Moore, Mustafa Mansour, William Castle, and Oscar Casanovas. After him are Joe Mercer, Fiorenzo Marini, Alessandro Frigerio, Kenneth More, Jan de Hartog, and Hamo Sahyan. Among people deceased in 1983, George Bruns ranks 201. Before him are Eva Pawlik, Anton Buttigieg, Johan Richthoff, Marjorie Cox Crawford, Pat O'Brien, and Miquel Crusafont i Pairó. After him are Franco Giorgetti, Buster Crabbe, Armand Lanoux, Jacqueline Logan, Sabin Carr, and Claude Papi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Bruns ranks 7,558 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Mann (1912), Samantha Mathis (1970), George O'Brien (1899), Martin Luther King Sr. (1899), Lil Peep (1996), and Pam Dawber (1951). After him are Cornelius Johnson (1913), Rhyno (1975), Carol Kaye (1935), Ben Stein (1944), Tommy Johnson (1896), and Fran Lebowitz (1950).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, George Bruns ranks 82. Before him are Pauline Oliveros (1932), Mark Snow (1946), Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Bolcom (1938), Peter Schickele (1935), and Alan Hovhaness (1911). After him are Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Milton Babbitt (1916), David Diamond (1915), Ferde Grofé (1892), and Paul Creston (1906).

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