MUSICIAN

Paul Winter

1939 - Today

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Paul Winter (born August 31, 1939) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He is a pioneer of world music and earth music, which interweaves the voices of the wild with instrumental voices from classical, jazz and world music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Winter has received more than 373,348 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Paul Winter is the 2,041st most popular musician (down from 1,691st in 2019), the 10,592nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,524th in 2019) and the 803rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paul Winter ranks 2,041 out of 3,175Before him are Tony Thompson, David Gates, Hiromi Uehara, Jimmy Webb, Hiro Yamamoto, and Iva Bittová. After him are Necrobutcher, Tabea Zimmermann, Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, Roy Bittan, Andrew Hill, and Guy Lombardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Paul Winter ranks 554Before him are William B. Lenoir, Anthony Lake, Lee Trevino, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Terry Kiser, and David Souter. After him are Javier González, Jet Harris, Martin Feldstein, José Fernández, Richard Zare, and Brian Jacques.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Winter ranks 10,592 out of 20,380Before him are Anthony Doerr (1973), Chelsea Charms (1976), Jon-Erik Hexum (1957), Virginia Davis (1918), Len Wein (1948), and Shawn Kemp (1969). After him are Fred Clark (1914), Paul Sereno (1957), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), Alphonzo Bell (1875), Bridgette Wilson (1973), and Peter Cooper (1791).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Paul Winter ranks 803Before him are David Lindley (1944), Roger Miller (1936), Tony Thompson (1954), David Gates (1940), Jimmy Webb (1946), and Hiro Yamamoto (1961). After him are Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (1964), Roy Bittan (1949), Andrew Hill (1931), T Bone Burnett (1948), Geri Allen (1957), and John Prine (1946).