COMPOSER

Ivor Novello

1893 - 1951

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Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical family, and his first successes were as a songwriter. His first big hit was "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (1914), which was enormously popular during the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivor Novello has received more than 1,373,979 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivor Novello is the 1,208th most popular composer (down from 1,095th in 2019), the 3,834th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,245th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Composer.

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  • 1.4M

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  • 47.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ivor Novello ranks 1,208 out of 1,451. Before him are Akira Yamaoka, Johanna Kinkel, Craig Armstrong, André Messager, Granville Bantock, and Mark Snow. After him are Antón García Abril, Leonard Slatkin, Joonas Kokkonen, Hiroyuki Sawano, William Bolcom, and Peter Schickele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ivor Novello ranks 220. Before him are Wallace Fard Muhammad, Fernando Altimani, Platon Oyunsky, Christopher Kelk Ingold, Charles Delporte, and Joseph Alzin. After him are Ichikawa Fusae, Robert Harron, Toti Dal Monte, Urho Peltonen, Romeo Bertini, and Stasys Girėnas. Among people deceased in 1951, Ivor Novello ranks 142. Before him are Ignaty Krachkovsky, Gunnar Lindström, Pauline Pfeiffer, William Birdwood, Pierre Braine, and Zoltán Mechlovits. After him are Gaston Peltier, Urho Peltonen, Yrjö Saarela, Kim Myeong-sun, Jules Berry, and Choudhry Rahmat Ali.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ivor Novello ranks 3,834 out of 8,785. Before him are Tobias Furneaux (1735), Patricia Hayes (1909), Vincent Nichols (1945), Alun Armstrong (1946), Peter Murphy (1957), and Anthony D. Smith (1939). After him are Lucy Walter (1630), Phil Mogg (1948), Peter Blake (1932), Frederick Keeping (1867), Eric Gill (1882), and Ivor Bueb (1923).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Ivor Novello ranks 57. Before him are Thomas Morley (1557), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Cyril Scott (1879), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Craig Armstrong (1959), and Granville Bantock (1868). After him are Fred Frith (1949), Havergal Brian (1876), Arthur Bliss (1891), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Gerald Finzi (1901), and Thomas Linley the younger (1756).

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