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James MacMillan

1959 - Today

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Sir James Loy MacMillan, TOSD (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James MacMillan has received more than 280,742 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. James MacMillan is the 1,429th most popular composer (down from 1,336th in 2019), the 6,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,928th in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James MacMillans by language

Over the past year James MacMillan has had the most page views in the with 28,374 views, followed by German (2,746), and Russian (1,573). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (98.93%), Russian (75.56%), and French (46.40%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, James MacMillan ranks 1,429 out of 1,451. Before him are Ola Gjeilo, Frederik Magle, Shoji Meguro, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Eric Whitacre, and Judith Weir. After him are John Ottman, Alla Zahaikevych, Christopher Tin, Marcus Paus, Benjamin Wallfisch, and Bombay Jayashri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, James MacMillan ranks 723. Before him are Carolyn McCormick, Marie Osmond, Susana Martinez, Francisco Javier Toledo, Lahcen Ouadani, and Eric Fellner. After him are Bert Cameron, Mark Patton, Charles Kennedy, Vicky Ntetema, Sergei Alifirenko, and Winona LaDuke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James MacMillan ranks 6,650 out of 8,785. Before him are Gemma Whelan (1981), Layla El (1977), Chuba Akpom (1995), Alan Johnson (1950), Michaela Tabb (1967), and Trevor Cherry (1948). After him are Paul Arthurs (1965), Ronnie Moran (1934), Bella Ramsey (2003), Sarah Jezebel Deva (1977), Stephen Turnbull (1948), and Kieran Gibbs (1989).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, James MacMillan ranks 100. Before him are Oliver Knussen (1952), Alan Bush (1900), William Alwyn (1905), Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), and Judith Weir (1954). After him are Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), Steven Price (1977), Sona Jobarteh (1983), Murray Gold (1969), and Alma Deutscher (2005).

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