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Victor Young

1900 - 1956

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Albert Victor Young (August 8, 1899– November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Young has received more than 402,801 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Victor Young is the 638th most popular musician (down from 579th in 2019), the 3,273rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,037th in 2019) and the 191st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Victor Young ranks 638 out of 3,175. Before him are Damon Albarn, Carl Flesch, Mike Rutherford, Ron Carter, Joan Jett, and Walter Gieseking. After him are Vladimir Sofronitsky, Ian Hill, Rachid Taha, Joe Pass, Steve Gadd, and Moondog.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Victor Young ranks 128. Before him are Franz Neumann, Hans Stuck, René Crevel, Fritz London, Alessandro Blasetti, and Alexander Novikov. After him are Mary Cartwright, Victor Kugler, Xavier Cugat, Grigory Shtern, Franziska Donner, and Ibrahim Abboud. Among people deceased in 1956, Victor Young ranks 93. Before him are Eduardo Lonardi, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, André Marty, Clifford Brown, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, and Walter Gieseking. After him are Carl Brockelmann, Marcel Griaule, Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Samad Vurgun, Harold Bride, and Vladimir Obruchev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Victor Young ranks 3,273 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Schumer (1950), Michael Parks (1940), Bruce Boxleitner (1950), Dan Blocker (1928), Mehmet Oz (1960), and Max Baer (1909). After him are John C. Reilly (1965), Diane Baker (1938), Elmore Leonard (1925), Ted Nelson (1937), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), and Cherry Jones (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Victor Young ranks 191. Before him are Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Artie Shaw (1910), Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Clifford Brown (1930), Ron Carter (1937), and Joan Jett (1958). After him are Joe Pass (1929), Steve Gadd (1945), Moondog (1916), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Marcus Miller (1959), and Kenny G (1956).

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