1927 - 2020
Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s includes participation in Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool sessions and his work with pianist Lennie Tristano. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Konitz has received more than 428,018 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Konitz is the 857th most popular composer (down from 325th in 2019), the 4,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,477th in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Lee Konitz ranks 857 out of 1,216. Before him are Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Gérard Grisey, Stanley Myers, Moritz Hauptmann, Isabella Leonarda, and Vatroslav Lisinski. After him are Josip Runjanin, Frederic Rzewski, Per Nørgård, Arnold Mendelssohn, Vincent Lübeck, and Ralph Benatzky.
1741 - 1801
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 851
1946 - 1998
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 852
1930 - 1993
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 853
1792 - 1868
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 854
1620 - 1704
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 855
1819 - 1854
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 856
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 857
1821 - 1878
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 858
1938 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 859
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 860
1855 - 1933
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 861
1654 - 1740
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 862
1884 - 1957
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 863
Among people born in 1927, Lee Konitz ranks 176. Before him are Oleg Yefremov, Romano Scarpa, Claudio Brook, Martha Chase, Ahmadou Kourouma, and David Hedison. After him are Sadako Ogata, Vladimir Kuts, Emmanuel III Delly, Dany Robin, Robert N. Bellah, and Henning Carlsen. Among people deceased in 2020, Lee Konitz ranks 234. Before him are Jean Delumeau, Ernesto Brambilla, Louis Nirenberg, Larry Tesler, Silva Batuta, and Marian Jaworski. After him are Rubem Fonseca, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Sven Wollter, Rishi Kapoor, Dragoljub Ojdanić, and Ivan Passer.
1927 - 2000
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 170
1927 - 2005
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 171
1927 - 1995
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 172
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 173
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 174
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 175
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 176
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 177
1927 - 1975
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 178
1927 - 2014
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 179
1927 - 1995
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 180
1927 - 2013
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 181
1927 - 2014
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 182
1923 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 228
1934 - 2020
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 229
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 230
1945 - 2020
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 231
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 232
1926 - 2020
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 233
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 234
1925 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 235
1942 - 2020
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 236
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 237
1952 - 2020
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 238
1941 - 2020
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 239
1933 - 2020
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 240
Among people born in United States, Lee Konitz ranks 4,150 out of 18,182. Before him are Cameron Mitchell (1918), Marion Ross (1928), David Foster Wallace (1962), David Hedison (1927), Randy Crawford (1952), and Ciara (1985). After him are Tony Hawk (1968), Yusef Lateef (1920), Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Andrew Robinson (1942), Stand Watie (1806), and Olive Thomas (1894).
1918 - 1994
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4,144
1928 - Present
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4,145
1962 - 2008
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 4,146
1927 - 2019
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 4,147
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4,148
1985 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4,149
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 4,150
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,151
1920 - 2013
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,152
1923 - 1970
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,153
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,154
1806 - 1871
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,155
1894 - 1920
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 4,156
Among composers born in United States, Lee Konitz ranks 48. Before him are Amy Beach (1867), Harold Arlen (1905), Edward MacDowell (1860), Jerome Kern (1885), Elliott Carter (1908), and La Monte Young (1935). After him are Frederic Rzewski (1938), Cathy Berberian (1925), W. C. Handy (1873), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Meredith Monk (1942), and Walter Piston (1894).
1867 - 1944
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 42
1905 - 1986
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 43
1860 - 1908
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 44
1885 - 1945
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 45
1908 - 2012
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 46
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 47
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 48
1938 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 49
1925 - 1983
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 50
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 51
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 52
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 53
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 54