COMPOSER

Marvin Hamlisch

1944 - 2012

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Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marvin Hamlisch has received more than 2,163,081 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Marvin Hamlisch is the 966th most popular composer (down from 949th in 2019), the 4,753rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,664th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 966 out of 1,451. Before him are Alexei Lvov, Joseph Marx, Nicola Vicentino, Henri Sauguet, Daniel Alomía Robles, and Harry Gregson-Williams. After him are Attilio Ariosti, Johann von Herbeck, Walter Piston, Nicolas Dalayrac, Harold Arlen, and Édouard Deldevez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 367. Before him are Kićo Slabinac, John Flanagan, Jean-Pierre Ricard, Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Enrique Barón Crespo, and Manuela Carmena. After him are Kay Ivey, Robert Barro, Swoosie Kurtz, Ene Ergma, William Sanderson, and John Tavener. Among people deceased in 2012, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 205. Before him are Jon Finch, Mustafa Ould Salek, Bob Anderson, Fang Lizhi, Shukri Ghanem, and Ramaz Shengelia. After him are Ann Rutherford, Dom Mintoff, Paavo Berglund, Mahmoud El-Gohary, Levon Helm, and Jack Taylor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 4,753 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Schatzberg (1927), Jerry Zucker (1950), Vince Neil (1961), Joe Haldeman (1943), Alice Paul (1885), and Carol Burnett (1933). After him are Margaret Sullavan (1909), Jim Courier (1970), Loretta Lynn (1932), Kay Ivey (1944), Janet Asimov (1926), and Betsy Blair (1923).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 51. Before him are Edward MacDowell (1860), Meredith Monk (1942), David Del Tredici (1937), Cathy Berberian (1925), Elliott Carter (1908), and William Christie (1944). After him are Walter Piston (1894), Harold Arlen (1905), Michael Giacchino (1967), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Frederic Rzewski (1938), and Peter H. Gilmore (1958).

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