COMPOSER

John Williams

1932 - Today

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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Williams has received more than 16,525,089 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). John Williams is the 70th most popular composer (down from 65th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from United States (down from 168th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Composer.

John Williams is most famous for composing the music for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Williams ranks 70 out of 1,451Before him are Jules Massenet, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Gounod, Anton Webern, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Alessandro Scarlatti. After him are Stefania Turkewich, Alexander Scriabin, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Lehár, Alexander Borodin, and Leoš Janáček.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, John Williams ranks 10Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky, Elizabeth Taylor, Omar Sharif, François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, and Johnny Cash. After him are Abebe Bikila, Peter O'Toole, Cesare Maldini, Luc Montagnier, Miriam Makeba, and Fernando Botero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Williams ranks 208 out of 20,380Before him are Buster Keaton (1895), Johnny Cash (1932), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Steve McQueen (1930), Thomas Kuhn (1922), and John B. Watson (1878). After him are Carl Sagan (1934), Cameron Diaz (1972), Buzz Aldrin (1930), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Richard Gere (1949), and John Quincy Adams (1767).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, John Williams ranks 2Before him are Leonard Bernstein (1918). After him are George Gershwin (1898), John Cage (1912), Henry Mancini (1924), Philip Glass (1937), Samuel Barber (1910), Scott Joplin (1868), Steve Reich (1936), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), James Horner (1953), and Jerry Goldsmith (1929).