COMPOSER

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 songwriter. 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 3,697,814 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Irving Berlin is the 257th most popular composer, the 362nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 29th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Russian Composer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Irving Berlin ranks 257 out of 1,451. Before him are Clemens Krauss, Emmanuel Chabrier, Francesco Geminiani, Marcel Dupré, Anton Reicha, and Franz Xaver Gruber. After him are Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Antonia Brico, Johann Christoph Bach, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Johann Mattheson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Irving Berlin ranks 48. Before him are Frances Marion, Josef Albers, Ernst Heinkel, Ernst Kretschmer, Carin Göring, and August Kubizek. After him are Oskar Schlemmer, Max Steiner, John Foster Dulles, Thea von Harbou, Heinrich Neuhaus, and Georgios Papandreou. Among people deceased in 1989, Irving Berlin ranks 46. Before him are William Shockley, John Cassavetes, Bruce Chatwin, Leon Festinger, Cornel Wilde, and Jerzy Kukuczka. After him are Antonia Brico, John Payne, Gaetano Scirea, Guy Williams, Ahmadou Ahidjo, and Valentin Glushko.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irving Berlin ranks 362 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Silayev (1930), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), Mengu-Timur (1235), and Vasily Dokuchaev (1846). After him are Avvakum (1620), Pavlik Morozov (1918), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Irving Berlin ranks 15. Before him are Mily Balakirev (1837), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Alfred Schnittke (1934), and Otto Nicolai (1810). After him are Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Anton Arensky (1861), Sergei Taneyev (1856), Rodion Shchedrin (1932), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), and Nikolai Medtner (1879).

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