COMPOSER

John Barry

1933 - 2011

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John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. During his national service with the British Army in Cyprus, Barry began performing as a musician after learning to play the trumpet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Barry has received more than 88,518 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). John Barry is the 147th most popular composer (up from 164th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 498th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Composer.

John Barry is most famous for his work on the James Bond movies.

Memorability Metrics

  • 89k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Barry ranks 147 out of 1,451. Before him are Édouard Lalo, George Enescu, Jacob Obrecht, Paul Dukas, Kurt Weill, and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. After him are Darius Milhaud, Ottorino Respighi, Adrian Willaert, Enrique Granados, Iannis Xenakis, and Pierre Boulez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, John Barry ranks 36. Before him are Abolhassan Banisadr, Bernardo Provenzano, Kim Novak, Quincy Jones, Costa-Gavras, and Álvaro Siza Vieira. After him are Antonio Negri, Gene Wilder, Richard R. Ernst, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Samora Machel, and Steven Weinberg. Among people deceased in 2011, John Barry ranks 23. Before him are Flórián Albert, Rudolf Mössbauer, Ramiz Alia, Simon van der Meer, Willard Boyle, and Dennis Ritchie. After him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Sidney Lumet, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Jane Russell, Gary Moore, and John McCarthy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Barry ranks 425 out of 8,785. Before him are William Godwin (1756), Enid Blyton (1897), Samuel Butler (1835), Tristan (535), Fred Hoyle (1915), and John Everett Millais (1829). After him are Bartholomew Roberts (1682), D. H. Lawrence (1885), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Buchan (1875), Sam Neill (1947), and John Bowlby (1907).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Barry ranks 4. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Henry Purcell (1659), and Benjamin Britten (1913). After him are Gustav Holst (1874), William Byrd (1543), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), John Dunstaple (1390), and Michael Nyman (1944).

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