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Henry Mancini

1924 - 1994

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Henry Mancini ( man-SEE-nee; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the Peter Gunn television series as well as the music for The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Mancini has received more than 2,929,982 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Henry Mancini is the 171st most popular composer (down from 146th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from United States (down from 570th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Composer.

Henry Mancini is most famous for his film scores, which include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses, and The Pink Panther.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henry Mancini ranks 171 out of 1,451. Before him are Vittorio Monti, Reinhold Glière, Léonin, Pietro Locatelli, Baldassare Galuppi, and Jan Dismas Zelenka. After him are Hugo Wolf, Amilcare Ponchielli, Jordi Savall, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Gustav Holst, and Francesca Caccini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Henry Mancini ranks 34. Before him are James Baldwin, Mário Soares, Sidney Lumet, Kōbō Abe, Black Dahlia, and Lee Marvin. After him are Truman Capote, Lys Assia, Amílcar Cabral, Christopher Tolkien, Dmitry Yazov, and Antony Hewish. Among people deceased in 1994, Henry Mancini ranks 34. Before him are Telly Savalas, Domenico Modugno, Robert Doisneau, George Peppard, André Michel Lwoff, and Richard Laurence Millington Synge. After him are Sergei Bondarchuk, Gian Maria Volonté, Marija Gimbutas, Juvénal Habyarimana, Pierre Boulle, and Niels Kaj Jerne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Mancini ranks 733 out of 20,380. Before him are John Lithgow (1945), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Rosalynn Carter (1927), Vera Rubin (1928), Kamehameha I (1758), and Doris Day (1922). After him are Christopher Lambert (1957), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Truman Capote (1924), Walter Matthau (1920), and Alan Arkin (1934).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Henry Mancini ranks 5. Before him are Leonard Bernstein (1918), John Williams (1932), George Gershwin (1898), and John Cage (1912). After him are Philip Glass (1937), Samuel Barber (1910), Scott Joplin (1868), Steve Reich (1936), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), James Horner (1953), and Jerry Goldsmith (1929).

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