1932 - Today
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 very 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 14,936,779 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). John Williams is the 65th most popular composer (down from 64th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from United States (down from 161st 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.
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Among composers, John Williams ranks 65 out of 1,216. Before him are Edward Elgar, Astor Piazzolla, Henry Purcell, Johann Christian Bach, George Gershwin, and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. After him are Alexander Scriabin, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Charles Gounod, Vangelis, Alessandro Scarlatti, and Alexander Borodin.
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 59
1921 - 1992
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 60
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 61
1735 - 1782
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 62
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 63
1714 - 1788
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 64
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 65
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 66
1710 - 1736
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 67
1818 - 1893
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 68
1943 - 2022
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 69
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 70
1833 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 71
Among people born in 1932, John Williams ranks 11. Before him are Elizabeth Taylor, Omar Sharif, Andrei Tarkovsky, François Truffaut, Miloš Forman, and Johnny Cash. After him are Cesare Maldini, Abebe Bikila, Peter O'Toole, Roh Tae-woo, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, and Anouk Aimée.
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 5
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 6
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 7
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 8
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 9
1932 - 2003
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 10
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 11
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 12
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 13
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2021
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 15
1932 - 2001
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 16
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, John Williams ranks 168 out of 18,182. Before him are Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Gregory Peck (1916), George Gershwin (1898), Ava Gardner (1922), Buzz Aldrin (1930), and Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856). After him are Robert K. Merton (1910), Emily Dickinson (1830), Louis Sullivan (1856), Denzel Washington (1954), Herman Melville (1819), and Herbert Hoover (1874).
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 162
1916 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 163
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 164
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 165
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 166
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 167
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 168
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 169
1830 - 1886
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 170
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 171
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 172
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 173
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 174
Among composers born in United States, John Williams ranks 2. Before him are George Gershwin (1898). After him are John Cage (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Henry Mancini (1924), Philip Glass (1937), Scott Joplin (1868), Steve Reich (1936), Samuel Barber (1910), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), and Cole Porter (1891).
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 1
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 2
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 3
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 4
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1868 - 1917
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 7
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 8
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 9
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 10
1953 - 2015
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 11
1891 - 1964
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12