1940 - Today
Paul Hamilton Williams Jr. (born September 19, 1940) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and actor. He is known for writing and co-writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song" and "Out in the Country", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World", Biff Rose's "Fill Your Heart", and the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Williams has received more than 144,965 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Williams is the 1,153rd most popular composer (down from 1,061st in 2019), the 6,903rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,404th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Paul Williams ranks 1,153 out of 1,216. Before him are Paul Whiteman, Manolis Kalomiris, Tadeusz Baird, Alan Hovhaness, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, and Hans Gál. After him are Havergal Brian, Vladimir Shainsky, Emil Paur, Boris Tishchenko, Rudolf Friml, and Alphons Czibulka.
1890 - 1967
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 1,147
1883 - 1962
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 1,148
1928 - 1981
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 1,149
1911 - 2000
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 1,150
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 1,151
1890 - 1987
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 1,152
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,153
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,154
1925 - 2017
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,155
1855 - 1932
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 1,156
1939 - 2010
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,157
1879 - 1972
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 1,158
1842 - 1894
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 1,159
Among people born in 1940, Paul Williams ranks 371. Before him are Daniel Quillen, David Peoples, Michael Sarrazin, Zvonko Bego, Richard Corben, and Viktor Pavlov. After him are Fausto Bertinotti, Anzor Kavazashvili, Francisco Toledo, Karin Baal, Fred Hansen, and Donna Mills.
1940 - 2011
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 365
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 366
1940 - 2011
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 367
1940 - 2018
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 368
1940 - 2020
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 369
1940 - 2006
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 370
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 371
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 372
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 373
1940 - 2019
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 374
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 375
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 376
1940 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 377
Among people born in United States, Paul Williams ranks 6,903 out of 18,182. Before him are Peter Pace (1945), James Hall (1811), Dan Rather (1931), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Tina Weymouth (1950), and John Holt (1923). After him are Carl O. Sauer (1889), Harve Presnell (1933), Sara Paretsky (1947), Chris Paul (1985), James L. Elliot (1943), and Bruce Kirby (1925).
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 6,897
1811 - 1898
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 6,898
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 6,899
1806 - 1873
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,900
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,901
1923 - 1985
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,902
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,903
1889 - 1975
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,904
1933 - 2009
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,905
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,906
1985 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,907
1943 - 2011
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 6,908
1925 - 2021
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 6,909
Among composers born in United States, Paul Williams ranks 74. Before him are Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), John Corigliano (1938), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Paul Whiteman (1890), and Alan Hovhaness (1911). After him are Leonard Slatkin (1944), William Schuman (1910), Milton Babbitt (1916), Mark Snow (1946), David Diamond (1915), and Paul Creston (1906).
1948 - 2018
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 68
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 69
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 70
1924 - 2008
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 71
1890 - 1967
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 72
1911 - 2000
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 73
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 74
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 75
1910 - 1992
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 76
1916 - 2011
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 77
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 78
1915 - 2005
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 79
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 80