1916 - 1999
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American music which he had become familiar with as a child, and Latin American music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moondog has received more than 1,493,534 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Moondog is the 392nd most popular musician (up from 562nd in 2019), the 2,190th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,961st in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Moondog ranks 392 out of 2,662. Before him are Nikolai Kapustin, Glenn Tipton, Buddy Guy, Pat Martino, Arthur Grumiaux, and Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach. After him are Bernie Taupin, Jacques Dutronc, Wayne Shorter, John Frusciante, Ivry Gitlis, and Sérgio Mendes.
1937 - 2020
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 386
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 387
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 388
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 389
1921 - 1986
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 390
1715 - 1739
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 391
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 392
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 393
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 394
1933 - 2023
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 395
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 396
1922 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 397
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 398
Among people born in 1916, Moondog ranks 76. Before him are Pérez Prado, Giorgio Bassani, Ernst Wilimowski, Mercedes McCambridge, Stjepan Filipović, and Jane Jacobs. After him are Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Luis Corvalán, Hamani Diori, Archduke Felix of Austria, and Luigi Comencini. Among people deceased in 1999, Moondog ranks 66. Before him are Dusty Springfield, David Ogilvy, Barış Manço, Saul Steinberg, DeForest Kelley, and Charlotte Perriand. After him are Victor Mature, Lajos Tichy, Paul Bowles, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Sebastian Haffner, and Ilmari Juutilainen.
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 70
1916 - 2000
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 71
1916 - 1997
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 72
1916 - 2004
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 73
1916 - 1942
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 74
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 75
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 76
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 77
1916 - 1992
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 78
1916 - 2010
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 79
1916 - 1989
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 80
1916 - 2011
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 81
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 82
1939 - 1999
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 60
1911 - 1999
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 61
1943 - 1999
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 62
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 63
1920 - 1999
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 64
1903 - 1999
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 65
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 66
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 67
1935 - 1999
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 68
1910 - 1999
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 69
1902 - 1999
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 70
1907 - 1999
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 71
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 72
Among people born in United States, Moondog ranks 2,190 out of 18,182. Before him are Lisa Bonet (1967), Prescott Bush (1895), James Bowie (1796), Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Kim Hunter (1922), and King C. Gillette (1855). After him are The Undertaker (1965), Edward Zwick (1952), Victor Mature (1913), Karl Malone (1963), Langston Hughes (1902), and Jerry Seinfeld (1954).
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 2,184
1895 - 1972
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 2,185
1796 - 1836
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 2,186
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 2,187
1922 - 2002
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 2,188
1855 - 1932
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 2,189
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 2,190
1965 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 2,191
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,192
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,193
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 2,194
1902 - 1967
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,195
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 2,196
Among musicians born in United States, Moondog ranks 118. Before him are Alan Menken (1949), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Steve Morse (1954), Tony Levin (1946), Buddy Guy (1936), and Pat Martino (1944). After him are Wayne Shorter (1933), John Frusciante (1970), Chet Atkins (1924), Duane Allman (1946), Jelly Roll Morton (1890), and Peggy Lee (1920).
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 112
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 113
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 114
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 115
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 116
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 117
1916 - 1999
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 118
1933 - 2023
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 119
1970 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 120
1924 - 2001
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 121
1946 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 122
1890 - 1941
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 123
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 124