1937 - Today
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Glass has received more than 2,870,006 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Philip Glass is the 141st most popular composer (up from 149th in 2019), the 554th most popular biography from United States (down from 550th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Composer.
Philip Glass is most famous for his minimalist music.
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Among composers, Philip Glass ranks 141 out of 1,228. Before him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Manuel de Falla, Iannis Xenakis, and Henry Mancini. After him are Kurt Weill, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Scott Joplin, Darius Milhaud, Léonin, and Michel Legrand.
1760 - 1836
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 135
1865 - 1950
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 136
1887 - 1959
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 137
1876 - 1946
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 138
1922 - 2001
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 139
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 140
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 141
1900 - 1950
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 142
1645 - 1695
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 143
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 144
1892 - 1974
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 145
1135 - 1201
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 146
1932 - 2019
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 147
Among people born in 1937, Philip Glass ranks 23. Before him are Jared Diamond, Ahmed Yassin, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Warren Beatty, Bruce McLaren, and Bobby Charlton. After him are Egon Krenz, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bill Cosby, Alain Badiou, Madeleine Albright, and Claude Lelouch.
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 17
1937 - 2004
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 19
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 20
1937 - 1970
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 21
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 22
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 23
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 24
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 25
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 26
1937 - Present
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 27
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 28
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 29
Among people born in United States, Philip Glass ranks 554 out of 15,968. Before him are Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), Clifford Geertz (1926), Kamehameha I (1758), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Eddie Murphy (1961), and Henry Mancini (1924). After him are Lon Chaney (1883), Sean Penn (1960), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), Goldie Hawn (1945), Richard Stallman (1953), and Scott Joplin (1868).
1839 - 1903
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 548
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 549
1758 - 1819
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 550
1933 - 2012
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 551
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 552
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 553
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 554
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 555
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 556
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 557
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 558
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 559
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 560
Among composers born in United States, Philip Glass ranks 6. Before him are John Williams (1932), George Gershwin (1898), John Cage (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918), and Henry Mancini (1924). After him are Scott Joplin (1868), Samuel Barber (1910), Steve Reich (1936), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Cole Porter (1891), and James Horner (1953).
1932 - Present
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 1
1898 - 1937
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 2
1912 - 1992
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 3
1918 - 1990
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 4
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 5
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 6
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 7
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 8
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 9
1929 - 2004
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 10
1891 - 1964
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 11
1953 - 2015
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 12