1943 - 2021
James Lawrence Levine ( liv-EYEN; June 23, 1943 – March 9, 2021) was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016. He was terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March 12, 2018, over sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied.Levine held leadership positions with the Ravinia Festival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Levine has received more than 1,037,990 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). James Levine is the 32nd most popular conductor (up from 33rd in 2019), the 2,294th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,460th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Conductor.
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Among conductors, James Levine ranks 32 out of 97. Before him are Charles Dutoit, John Philip Sousa, Serge Koussevitzky, John Eliot Gardiner, Simon Rattle, and Franz Danzi. After him are Giuseppe Sinopoli, Fritz Reiner, George Szell, Leif Segerstam, Antal Doráti, and John Barbirolli.
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 26
1854 - 1932
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 27
1874 - 1951
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 28
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 29
1955 - Present
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 30
1763 - 1826
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 31
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 32
1946 - 2001
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 33
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 34
1897 - 1970
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 35
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 36
1906 - 1988
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 37
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1943, James Levine ranks 153. Before him are John Eliot Gardiner, Jacques Dutronc, Armando Guebuza, David Soul, Richard Sennett, and Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov. After him are Richard S. Hamilton, Björn Waldegård, Clément Mouamba, Boris Gromov, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Randy Newman. Among people deceased in 2021, James Levine ranks 158. Before him are Pat Martino, Kentaro Miura, Sergei Kovalev, Luis del Sol, Cloris Leachman, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. After him are Vladimir Shatalov, Anna Chromý, Clément Mouamba, Enrique Bolaños, Etel Adnan, and Lucinda Riley.
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 147
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 148
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 149
1943 - 2024
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 150
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 151
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 152
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 153
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 154
1943 - 2014
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 155
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 156
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 157
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 158
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 159
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 152
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 153
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 154
1935 - 2021
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 155
1926 - 2021
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 156
1919 - 2021
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 157
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 158
1927 - 2021
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 159
1940 - 2021
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 160
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 161
1928 - 2021
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 162
1925 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 163
1965 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 164
Among people born in United States, James Levine ranks 2,294 out of 18,182. Before him are Gerard Damiano (1928), Michael Rosbash (1944), Peggy Lee (1920), Fredric Jameson (1934), Joseph D. Pistone (1939), and Jason Bateman (1969). After him are Bea Arthur (1922), Don Cheadle (1964), Tod Browning (1880), Billy Zane (1966), Bernard Malamud (1914), and Jim Caviezel (1968).
1928 - 2008
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 2,288
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 2,289
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 2,290
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 2,291
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 2,292
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 2,293
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,294
1922 - 2009
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,295
1964 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,296
1880 - 1962
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,297
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,298
1914 - 1986
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,299
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 2,300
Among conductors born in United States, James Levine ranks 3. Before him are Herbert Blomstedt (1927) and John Philip Sousa (1854). After him are Kent Nagano (1951), Charles Mackerras (1925), Dennis Russell Davies (1944), Arthur Fiedler (1894), and Alan Gilbert (1967).
1927 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 1
1854 - 1932
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 2
1943 - 2021
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 3
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 4
1925 - 2010
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 6
1894 - 1979
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.75
Rank: 8