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Stephen Schwartz

1948 - Today

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Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Schwartz has received more than 529,124 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Stephen Schwartz is the 1,362nd most popular composer (down from 1,280th in 2019), the 10,929th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,475th in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 530k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Stephen Schwartz ranks 1,362 out of 1,451. Before him are John Stainer, Humphrey Searle, Samuel Adler, Magnus Lindberg, Shirley Walker, and Edmund Rubbra. After him are Abel Korzeniowski, Arne Nordheim, Vladimír Godár, Vladimir Jurowski, Angus MacLise, and Kaoru Wada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Stephen Schwartz ranks 649. Before him are Alf Hansen, Élie Doté, Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Ken Ribet, Patrice Rio, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange. After him are Gustavo de Simone, Gerrit Graham, Borivoje Đorđević, Trevor Brooking, Howard Dean, and Mao Chi-kuo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Schwartz ranks 10,929 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Vaughn (1902), Clifton Collins Jr. (1970), Francis George (1937), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Tyrell Biggs (1960), and Slide Hampton (1932). After him are Jeremiah Denton (1924), Floyd Landis (1975), Steven Lindsey (1960), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Bill Weld (1945), and Karen Hantze Susman (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Stephen Schwartz ranks 120. Before him are Eubie Blake (2), Lowell Mason (1792), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), Roy Harris (1898), Jerry Herman (1931), and Shirley Walker (1945). After him are Angus MacLise (1938), Lou Harrison (1917), Fred Ebb (1928), Norman Dello Joio (1913), David Newman (1954), and Jimmy McHugh (1894).

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