1932 - 2016
Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She taught music at Mills College, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pauline Oliveros has received more than 439,847 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pauline Oliveros is the 1,116th most popular composer (down from 1,060th in 2019), the 6,324th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,386th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Pauline Oliveros ranks 1,116 out of 1,216. Before her are Victor Massé, Conlon Nancarrow, Dario Marianelli, Ferde Grofé, Nicolas Slonimsky, and Jean-Joseph Mouret. After her are Gavin Bryars, Artur Lemba, Vano Muradeli, François Sudre, Gunther Schuller, and Mikhail Gnessin.
1822 - 1884
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 1,110
1912 - 1997
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 1,111
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 1,112
1892 - 1972
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 1,113
1894 - 1995
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 1,114
1682 - 1738
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 1,115
1932 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 1,116
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 1,117
1885 - 1963
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,118
1908 - 1970
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 1,119
1787 - 1862
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 1,120
1925 - 2015
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 1,121
1883 - 1957
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 1,122
Among people born in 1932, Pauline Oliveros ranks 297. Before her are Vladimir Yengibaryan, Robert B. Parker, Marc Fumaroli, Casey Kasem, Jay Miner, and Monte Hellman. After her are Soon-Tek Oh, Jacques Roubaud, Antti Hyvärinen, Michel Leblond, Ugo Mifsud Bonnici, and Irma Johansson. Among people deceased in 2016, Pauline Oliveros ranks 298. Before her are Pierre Tchernia, Ruth Leuwerik, Robert Fano, Lutz D. Schmadel, Jiří Tichý, and Rita Renoir. After her are Abu Ali al-Anbari, Alfred G. Knudson, Anatoli Ilyin, Vladica Kovačević, Michel Déon, and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
1932 - 2013
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 291
1932 - 2010
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 292
1932 - 2020
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 293
1932 - 2014
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 294
1932 - 1994
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 295
1932 - 2021
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 296
1932 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 297
1932 - 2018
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 298
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 299
1932 - 2000
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 300
1932 - 2009
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 301
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 302
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 303
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 292
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 293
1917 - 2016
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 294
1942 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 295
1933 - 2016
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 296
1934 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 297
1932 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 298
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 299
1922 - 2016
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 300
1931 - 2016
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 301
1940 - 2016
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 302
1919 - 2016
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 303
1926 - 2016
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 304
Among people born in United States, Pauline Oliveros ranks 6,324 out of 18,182. Before her are Rick Yune (1971), Gates McFadden (1949), Laurance Rockefeller (1910), Mike Starr (1950), William Castle (1914), and Jack Colvin (1934). After her are Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Monique Alexander (1982), Anna Schwartz (1915), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962), Kay Sage (1898), and Trip Hawkins (1953).
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 6,318
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,319
1910 - 2004
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,320
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,321
1914 - 1977
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 6,322
1934 - 2005
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6,323
1932 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6,324
1950 - 2013
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6,325
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6,326
1915 - 2012
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 6,327
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 6,328
1898 - 1963
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 6,329
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 6,330
Among composers born in United States, Pauline Oliveros ranks 65. Before her are Roger Sessions (1896), William Christie (1944), Peter H. Gilmore (1958), Carter Burwell (1954), Conlon Nancarrow (1912), and Ferde Grofé (1892). After her are Gunther Schuller (1925), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Glenn Branca (1948), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), John Corigliano (1938), and Leonard Rosenman (1924).
1896 - 1985
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 59
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 60
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 61
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 62
1912 - 1997
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 63
1892 - 1972
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 64
1932 - 2016
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 65
1925 - 2015
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 66
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 67
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