1933 - 2011
John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was a British composer and conductor of film music. He composed the scores for eleven of the James Bond films between 1963 and 1987, as well as arranging and performing the "James Bond Theme" for the first film in the series, 1962's Dr. No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Barry has received more than 77,162 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). John Barry is the 163rd most popular composer (up from 170th in 2019), the 498th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 510th in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Composer.
John Barry is most famous for his work on the James Bond movies.
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Among composers, John Barry ranks 163 out of 1,216. Before him are Marin Marais, Vittorio Monti, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Francesco Cavalli, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, and Ferruccio Busoni. After him are Nicola Porpora, Scott Joplin, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Franz von Suppé, Witold Lutosławski, and Adrian Willaert.
1656 - 1728
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 157
1868 - 1922
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 158
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 159
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 160
1562 - 1621
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 161
1866 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 162
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 163
1686 - 1768
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 164
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 165
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 166
1819 - 1895
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 167
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 168
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 169
Among people born in 1933, John Barry ranks 37. Before him are Kim Novak, Philip Zimbardo, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stanley Milgram, and Steven Weinberg. After him are Oliver Sacks, Gian Maria Volonté, Bernardo Provenzano, Gene Wilder, Quincy Jones, and Jerzy Grotowski. Among people deceased in 2011, John Barry ranks 26. Before him are Flórián Albert, Gary Moore, Rudolf Mössbauer, Dennis Ritchie, Willard Boyle, and Sidney Lumet. After him are Necmettin Erbakan, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., Christa Wolf, Lynn Margulis, Manfred Gerlach, and Diana Wynne Jones.
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 31
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 32
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 33
1933 - 2020
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 34
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 35
1933 - 2021
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 36
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 37
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 38
1933 - 1994
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 39
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 40
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 41
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 42
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 43
1941 - 2011
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 20
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 21
1929 - 2011
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 22
1941 - 2011
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 23
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 24
1924 - 2011
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 25
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 26
1926 - 2011
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 27
1915 - 2011
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 28
1929 - 2011
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 29
1938 - 2011
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 30
1928 - 2011
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 31
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 32
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Barry ranks 498 out of 7,765. Before him are Daphne du Maurier (1907), John Couch Adams (1819), John Bonham (1948), Betty Williams (1943), Ronnie Wood (1947), and Albert Finney (1936). After him are James Hutton (1726), Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), and Frank Williams (1942).
1907 - 1989
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 492
1819 - 1892
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 493
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 494
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 495
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 496
1936 - 2019
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 497
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 498
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 499
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 500
1779 - 1848
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 501
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 502
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 503
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 504
Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Barry ranks 5. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Henry Purcell (1659), Benjamin Britten (1913), and Gustav Holst (1874). After him are William Byrd (1543), Thomas Tallis (1502), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), and John Dunstaple (1390).
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 1
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 2
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 3
1874 - 1934
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 4
1933 - 2011
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 5
1543 - 1623
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 6
1502 - 1585
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 8
1872 - 1958
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 9
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 10
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
1390 - 1453
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 12