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MUSICIAN

Richard Rodney Bennett

1936 - 2012

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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Rodney Bennett has received more than 242,622 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Richard Rodney Bennett is the 1,519th most popular musician (down from 1,361st in 2019), the 3,931st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,523rd in 2019) and the 248th most popular British Musician.

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  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Rodney Bennett ranks 1,519 out of 2,662Before him are Horace Andy, John Ogdon, Fats Navarro, Dennis Brain, Gabry Ponte, and Jerry Cantrell. After him are Francesco De Gregori, Mike Mills, Kenney Jones, Allen Toussaint, John Sykes, and Hardwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Richard Rodney Bennett ranks 399Before him are Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Lazarus Salii, Juan Seminario, Nahum Stelmach, and Barbara Sobotta. After him are Viktor Kanevskyi, Paolo Barison, Manfred Stolpe, Lyudmila Pinayeva, Norberto Menéndez, and Sergo Kotrikadze. Among people deceased in 2012, Richard Rodney Bennett ranks 317Before him are William Grut, Art Larsen, José Guardiola, Juan Pereda, Joe South, and Chad Everett. After him are Sergey Nikolsky, Sherman Hemsley, Gustaf Jansson, Pierre Adam, István Rózsavölgyi, and Margaret Mahy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Rodney Bennett ranks 3,931 out of 7,765Before him are Charles Winslow (1888), Jonathan Stroud (1970), John Ogdon (1937), Virginia McKenna (1931), Frank Lampard (1948), and Dennis Brain (1921). After him are Henry Lawes (1595), Sam Brown (1964), Isaac Roberts (1829), Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Philip Hammond (1955), and Lloyd Hildebrand (1870).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Richard Rodney Bennett ranks 248Before him are Steve Hogarth (1956), Guy Berryman (1978), Aynsley Dunbar (1946), Simon Gallup (1960), John Ogdon (1937), and Dennis Brain (1921). After him are Kenney Jones (1948), John Sykes (1959), Delia Derbyshire (1937), Beth Gibbons (1965), Maxim (1967), and Ronnie Lane (1946).