1896 - 1981
Howard Harold Hanson (October 28, 1896 – February 26, 1981) was an American composer, conductor, educator, music theorist, and champion of American classical music. As director for 40 years of the Eastman School of Music, he built a high-quality school and provided opportunities for commissioning and performing American music. In 1944, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Hanson has received more than 188,860 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Howard Hanson is the 1,110th most popular composer (down from 950th in 2019), the 7,681st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,944th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Howard Hanson ranks 1,110 out of 1,228. Before him are Masaaki Suzuki, Gavin Bryars, David Raksin, Spike Jones, Junkie XL, and David Arnold. After him are John Debney, John Kander, H. C. Robbins Landon, Lepo Sumera, Jocelyn Pook, and Nicholas Hooper.
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,104
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,105
1912 - 2004
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,106
1911 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,107
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 1,108
1962 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,109
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 1,110
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 1,111
1927 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 1,112
1926 - 2009
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 1,113
1950 - 2000
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 1,114
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 1,115
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,116
Among people born in 1896, Howard Hanson ranks 193. Before him are Liam O'Flaherty, William Gopallawa, Jack Pickford, Rogers Hornsby, Enrique Hertzog, and Walter Breuning. After him are Alister Hardy, Okuro Oikawa, Ethel Waters, Albert Ball, Horacio Muñoz, and Robert E. Sherwood. Among people deceased in 1981, Howard Hanson ranks 194. Before him are Karl Struss, Robert Moses, Nils Asther, Francis Hunter, Boris Sagal, and Paddy Chayefsky. After him are Dragutin Najdanović, Vera-Ellen, Ann Harding, Bronisław Malinowski, Eric Williams, and Ariel Durant.
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 187
1896 - 1981
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 188
1896 - 1933
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 189
1896 - 1963
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 190
1896 - 1980
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 191
1896 - 2011
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 192
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 193
1896 - 1985
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 194
1896 - 1970
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 195
1896 - 1977
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 196
1896 - 1917
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 197
1896 - 1976
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 198
1896 - 1955
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 199
1886 - 1981
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 188
1888 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 189
1897 - 1981
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 190
1894 - 1981
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 191
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 192
1923 - 1981
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 193
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 194
1908 - 1981
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 195
1921 - 1981
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 196
1902 - 1981
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 197
1951 - 1981
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 198
1911 - 1981
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 199
1898 - 1981
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 200
Among people born in United States, Howard Hanson ranks 7,681 out of 15,968. Before him are Maggie McNamara (1928), Chanel Preston (1985), Mark Sandrich (1900), Ava Max (1994), Garret Dillahunt (1964), and Walter Breuning (1896). After him are J. Michael Straczynski (1954), Otto Kruger (1885), Julian Casablancas (1978), Bob Welch (1945), Chris Poland (1957), and Evelyn Ashford (1957).
1928 - 1978
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 7,675
1985 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 7,676
1900 - 1945
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 7,677
1994 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 7,678
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 7,679
1896 - 2011
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 7,680
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 7,681
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7,682
1885 - 1974
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7,683
1978 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7,684
1945 - 2012
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7,685
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7,686
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 7,687
Among composers born in United States, Howard Hanson ranks 84. Before him are William Schuman (1910), Marco Beltrami (1966), Brad Fiedel (1951), Harry Warren (1893), David Raksin (1912), and Spike Jones (1911). After him are John Debney (1956), John Kander (1927), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), Earl Scruggs (1924), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), and Christopher Young (1958).
1910 - 1992
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 78
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 79
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 80
1893 - 1981
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 81
1912 - 2004
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 82
1911 - 1965
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 83
1896 - 1981
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 84
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 85
1927 - Present
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 86
1926 - 2009
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 87
1924 - 2012
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 88
1884 - 1920
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 89
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 90