1919 - 2011
Sir George Albert Shearing (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Shearing has received more than 489,962 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). George Shearing is the 852nd most popular musician (up from 950th in 2019), the 2,405th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,608th in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, George Shearing ranks 852 out of 2,662. Before him are Milt Jackson, David Garrett, Floyd Westerman, Rita Lee, Brian Connolly, and Tommy Thayer. After him are Philip Catherine, Joey Jordison, Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Jordan Rudess, Lili Kraus, and Adolf Busch.
1923 - 1999
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 846
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 847
1936 - 2007
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 848
1947 - 2023
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 849
1945 - 1997
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 850
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 851
1919 - 2011
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 852
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 853
1975 - 2021
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 854
1822 - 1901
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 855
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 856
1903 - 1986
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 857
1891 - 1952
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 858
Among people born in 1919, George Shearing ranks 157. Before him are Rie Mastenbroek, Pierre Gamarra, Mariano Martín, Albert Batteux, Vikram Sarabhai, and Hans Hermann Groër. After him are Anita O'Day, Franco Rossi, Tamara Toumanova, Billy Vaughn, Hans Hass, and Michèle Arnaud. Among people deceased in 2011, George Shearing ranks 176. Before him are John Neville, Otakar Vávra, Claude Choules, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Alfonso Cano, and Michael S. Hart. After him are Ladislav Novák, Lilian Jackson Braun, Wiel Coerver, Erhard Loretan, M. F. Husain, and Yevhen Rudakov.
1919 - 2003
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 151
1919 - 2009
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 152
1919 - 1998
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 153
1919 - 2003
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 154
1919 - 1971
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 155
1919 - 2003
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 156
1919 - 2011
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 157
1919 - 2006
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 158
1919 - 2000
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 159
1919 - 1996
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 160
1919 - 1991
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 161
1919 - 2013
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 162
1919 - 1998
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 163
1925 - 2011
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 170
1911 - 2011
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 171
1901 - 2011
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 172
1966 - 2011
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 173
1948 - 2011
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 174
1947 - 2011
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 175
1919 - 2011
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 176
1931 - 2011
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 177
1913 - 2011
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 178
1924 - 2011
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 179
1959 - 2011
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 180
1915 - 2011
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 181
1942 - 2011
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 182
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Shearing ranks 2,405 out of 7,765. Before him are Leo Genn (1905), Edmund Gwenn (1877), William Gull (1816), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), Brian Connolly (1945), and Lady Sarah Chatto (1964). After him are William Martin (1767), Chris Vance (1971), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Philip Catherine (1942), Dorian Yates (1962), and Alfred Deller (1912).
1905 - 1978
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 2,399
1877 - 1959
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 2,400
1816 - 1890
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 2,401
1805 - 1848
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 2,402
1945 - 1997
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 2,403
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 2,404
1919 - 2011
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 2,405
1767 - 1810
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 2,406
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 2,407
1876 - 1951
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 2,408
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 2,409
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 2,410
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 2,411
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, George Shearing ranks 147. Before him are Steve Jones (1955), Snowy White (1948), Ian Hill (1952), Burial (2000), Al Stewart (1945), and Brian Connolly (1945). After him are Philip Catherine (1942), James Galway (1939), Simon Phillips (1957), Fatboy Slim (1963), Pete Burns (1959), and Mel Collins (1947).
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 141
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 142
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 143
2000 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 144
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 145
1945 - 1997
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 146
1919 - 2011
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 147
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 148
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 149
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 150
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 151
1959 - 2016
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 152
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 153