1928 - 2006
Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maynard Ferguson has received more than 653,359 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Maynard Ferguson is the 757th most popular musician (down from 719th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Canada (down from 176th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Musician.
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Among musicians, Maynard Ferguson ranks 757 out of 2,662. Before him are Theo Jörgensmann, Harold Faltermeyer, Wanda Jackson, Peter Hammill, Johann Gottfried Piefke, and Willie Dixon. After him are Krist Novoselic, Fats Waller, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Osvaldo Pugliese, Oliver Riedel, and Taj Mahal.
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 751
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 752
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 753
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 754
1815 - 1884
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 755
1915 - 1992
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 756
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 757
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 758
1904 - 1943
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 759
1829 - 1869
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 760
1905 - 1995
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 761
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 762
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 763
Among people born in 1928, Maynard Ferguson ranks 231. Before him are Nils Christie, Eric Dolphy, Helen Frankenthaler, Shulamit Aloni, Robert Brout, and Amata Kabua. After him are Bengt Gustavsson, Robert Indiana, Juris Hartmanis, Sohrab Sepehri, Robert M. Pirsig, and Ann Morgan Guilbert. Among people deceased in 2006, Maynard Ferguson ranks 153. Before him are Galina Ustvolskaya, Tetsurō Tamba, Caspar Weinberger, Jurij Brězan, Rocío Jurado, and Mickey Hargitay. After him are Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Yuval Ne'eman, Red Auerbach, Elena Mukhina, Daniel Schmid, and Desmond Dekker.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 225
1928 - 1964
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 226
1928 - 2011
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 227
1928 - 2014
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 228
1928 - 2011
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 229
1928 - 1996
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 230
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 231
1928 - 2017
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 232
1928 - 2018
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 233
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 234
1928 - 1980
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 235
1928 - 2017
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 236
1928 - 2016
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 237
1919 - 2006
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 147
1922 - 2006
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 148
1917 - 2006
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 149
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 150
1946 - 2006
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 151
1926 - 2006
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 152
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 153
1942 - 2006
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 154
1925 - 2006
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 155
1917 - 2006
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 156
1960 - 2006
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 157
1941 - 2006
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 158
1941 - 2006
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 159
Among people born in Canada, Maynard Ferguson ranks 179 out of 1,350. Before him are Tommy Chong (1938), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Phil Esposito (1942), William H. McNeill (1917), Hubert Reeves (1932), and Alan Thicke (1947). After him are Ted Kotcheff (1931), Emily Carr (1871), Sandra Oh (1971), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Ann Rutherford (1917), and Jean Béliveau (1931).
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 173
1963 - 2021
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 174
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 175
1917 - 2016
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 176
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 177
1947 - 2016
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 178
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 179
1931 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 180
1871 - 1945
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 181
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 182
1939 - 2021
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 183
1917 - 2012
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 184
1931 - 2014
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 185
Among musicians born in Canada, Maynard Ferguson ranks 10. Before him are Joni Mitchell (1943), Oscar Peterson (1925), Avril Lavigne (1984), Loreena McKennitt (1957), David Foster (1949), and Gil Evans (1912). After him are Neil Peart (1952), Robbie Robertson (1943), Diana Krall (1964), Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), and Bob Rock (1954).
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 4
1925 - 2007
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 8
1912 - 1988
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 9
1928 - 2006
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 10
1952 - 2020
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 12
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 13
1932 - 2016
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 14
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 15
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 16