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John Lewis

1920 - 2001

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John Aaron Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lewis has received more than 3,936,921 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lewis is the 1,013th most popular musician (down from 878th in 2019), the 4,931st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,350th in 2019) and the 332nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Lewis ranks 1,013 out of 3,175. Before him are Brian Connolly, Pío Leyva, Otis Rush, Svend Asmussen, Gina Bachauer, and Alan White. After him are Alexi Laiho, Lennie Tristano, Trevor Pinnock, Boris Grebenshchikov, Gene Clark, and Jack DeJohnette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, John Lewis ranks 236. Before him are Henry Eriksson, Silvestre Igoa, Natalya Kovshova, Hans Ørberg, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Andrew V. McLaglen. After him are Siegfried Buback, Antonina Makarova, Michel Audiard, Lygia Clark, Werner Klemperer, and Jadwiga Piłsudska. Among people deceased in 2001, John Lewis ranks 166. Before him are Katharine Graham, Ken Aston, Gordon R. Dickson, Mohamed Atta, Micheline Ostermeyer, and Jean Richard. After him are Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, Jalil Zandi, Herbert Ross, William Masters, and Gholam Reza Azhari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Lewis ranks 4,931 out of 20,380. Before him are Alex Rocco (1936), James W. Christy (1938), Eileen Ryan (1927), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), James Russell Lowell (1819), and Whitcomb L. Judson (1846). After him are Seann William Scott (1976), Dennis Frederiksen (1951), Larry Tesler (1945), Chester Conklin (1886), Jack Haley (1898), and Bessie Love (1898).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, John Lewis ranks 332. Before him are Levon Helm (1940), Chester Thompson (1948), Mark St. John (1956), Woody Herman (1913), Helen Merrill (1930), and Otis Rush (1934). After him are Lennie Tristano (1919), Gene Clark (1944), Jack DeJohnette (1942), Larry Carlton (1948), Billie Joe Armstrong (1972), and Hank Jones (1918).

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