1910 - 1981
Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century; music critic Donal Henahan stated, "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim."His Adagio for Strings (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice: for his opera Vanessa (1956–57) and for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Barber has received more than 959,433 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Samuel Barber is the 160th most popular composer (up from 175th in 2019), the 644th most popular biography from United States (up from 699th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Composer.
Samuel Barber is most famous for composing the "Adagio for Strings" in 1936.
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Among composers, Samuel Barber ranks 160 out of 1,228. Before him are George Enescu, Franz von Suppé, Giovanni Paisiello, Enrique Granados, Josef Strauss, and Vittorio Monti. After him are Gustav Holst, Hugo Wolf, Johann Adolph Hasse, Vincenzo Galilei, Francesco Cavalli, and Ferruccio Busoni.
1881 - 1955
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 154
1819 - 1895
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 155
1740 - 1816
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 156
1867 - 1916
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 157
1827 - 1870
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 158
1868 - 1922
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 159
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 160
1874 - 1934
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 161
1860 - 1903
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 162
1699 - 1783
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 163
1520 - 1591
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 164
1602 - 1676
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 165
1866 - 1924
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 166
Among people born in 1910, Samuel Barber ranks 22. Before him are David Niven, Kurt Meyer, Gerda Taro, William Hanna, Dorothy Hodgkin, and Jacques Monod. After him are William Shockley, Chiang Ching-kuo, Lee Byung-chul, Helenio Herrera, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, and Nathuram Godse. Among people deceased in 1981, Samuel Barber ranks 19. Before him are William Holden, A. J. Cronin, Béla Guttmann, Joe Louis, Harold Urey, and René Clair. After him are Omar Bradley, William Saroyan, Odd Hassel, Hideki Yukawa, Joseph Murphy, and Karl Böhm.
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 16
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 17
1910 - 1937
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 18
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 19
1910 - 1994
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 20
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 21
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 22
1910 - 1989
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 23
1910 - 1988
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 24
1910 - 1987
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 25
1910 - 1997
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 26
1910 - 1995
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 27
1910 - 1949
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 28
1918 - 1981
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 13
1896 - 1981
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 14
1899 - 1981
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 15
1914 - 1981
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 16
1893 - 1981
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 17
1898 - 1981
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 18
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 19
1893 - 1981
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 20
1908 - 1981
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 21
1897 - 1981
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 22
1907 - 1981
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 23
1898 - 1981
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 24
1894 - 1981
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 25
Among people born in United States, Samuel Barber ranks 644 out of 15,968. Before him are Ali MacGraw (1939), Roy Orbison (1936), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Benjamin Thompson (1753), and Robert Mitchum (1917). After him are Patricia Highsmith (1921), Matt Damon (1970), Gary Becker (1930), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Louise Hay (1926), and Monica Lewinsky (1973).
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 638
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 639
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 640
1852 - 1916
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 641
1753 - 1814
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 642
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 643
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 644
1921 - 1995
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 645
1970 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 646
1930 - 2014
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 647
1867 - 1957
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 648
1926 - 2017
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 649
1973 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 650
Among composers born in United States, Samuel Barber ranks 8. Before him are George Gershwin (1898), John Cage (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Henry Mancini (1924), Philip Glass (1937), and Scott Joplin (1868). After him are Steve Reich (1936), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Cole Porter (1891), James Horner (1953), Bernard Herrmann (1911), and Charles Ives (1874).
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
1911 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 13
1874 - 1954
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 14