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Irving Berlin

1888 - 1989

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Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; Yiddish: ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Gerald R. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Berlin has received more than 3,453,638 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Irving Berlin is the 257th most popular composer (up from 315th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Composer.

Irving Berlin is most famous for being the composer of "God Bless America."

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  • 60.84

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  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Irving Berlin ranks 257 out of 1,216Before him are Franz Xaver Gruber, Albert Roussel, Jacques Ibert, Alessandro Stradella, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf. After him are Niccolò Jommelli, Ernst von Dohnányi, Gioseffo Zarlino, Leonardo Vinci, Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, and Dmitry Bortniansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Irving Berlin ranks 45Before him are Richard E. Byrd, Ernst Kretschmer, Georges Bernanos, Oskar Schlemmer, Katherine Mansfield, and Ernst Heinkel. After him are Fritz Klein, Max Steiner, W. O. Bentley, John Foster Dulles, Vladimir K. Zworykin, and Abul Kalam Azad. Among people deceased in 1989, Irving Berlin ranks 48Before him are Sugar Ray Robinson, Michel Aflaq, Princess Deokhye, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Danilo Kiš, and Irving Stone. After him are John Payne, Lucille Ball, Cornel Wilde, Graham Chapman, James Bond, and Countess Georgina von Wilczek.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Irving Berlin ranks 29 out of 330Before him are Bronislav Kaminski (1899), Francysk Skaryna (1486), Zalman Shazar (1889), Léon Bakst (1866), Vilna Gaon (1720), and Raphael Lemkin (1900). After him are Alexander Parvus (1867), Maria Kaczyńska (1942), Stanisław Moniuszko (1819), Isser Harel (1912), Rogneda of Polotsk (966), and Yakub Kolas (1882).

Among COMPOSERS In Belarus

Among composers born in Belarus, Irving Berlin ranks 1After him are Stanisław Moniuszko (1819) and Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876).