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Harry Warren

1893 - 1981

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Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Warren has received more than 482,039 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Harry Warren is the 1,308th most popular composer (down from 1,219th in 2019), the 9,277th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,169th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Composer.

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  • 480k

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  • 44.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Harry Warren ranks 1,308 out of 1,451. Before her are Steve Jablonsky, H. C. Robbins Landon, Zagir Ismagilov, David Arnold, Isaac Schwartz, and James Scott. After her are Jocelyn Pook, Peter Warlock, Javier Navarrete, Brian Tyler, John Wilbye, and Thomas Campion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Harry Warren ranks 247. Before her are Norman Bel Geddes, Katharine Cornell, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Elizabeth Cotten, and Betty Blythe. After her are Maja Berezowska, Frances Schroth, Richard Dix, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Patricio Arabolaza, and Perry McGillivray. Among people deceased in 1981, Harry Warren ranks 240. Before her are Howard Hanson, Malcolm MacDonald, Henry Eyring, Ioachim Moldoveanu, Dragutin Najdanović, and David Garnett. After her are Alberto Zozaya, Paul Bontemps, Roy Henkel, Alberto Winkler, Wanda Hendrix, and Cecil McMaster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Warren ranks 9,277 out of 20,380. Before her are Steve Railsback (1945), Dan Marino (1961), Walter Mirisch (1921), William Smith (1928), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), and Larry the Cable Guy (1963). After her are John Brinck (1908), Allen Daviau (1942), Terry Kath (1946), Fritz Weaver (1926), Terry Branstad (1946), and Scott Gorham (1951).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Harry Warren ranks 102. Before her are John Kander (1927), Spike Jones (1911), Howard Hanson (1896), Steve Jablonsky (1970), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), and James Scott (1885). After her are Brian Tyler (1972), Ned Rorem (1923), Joel Goldsmith (1957), Horatio Parker (1863), Vincent Persichetti (1915), and Christopher Young (1958).

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