1896 - 1989
Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgil Thomson has received more than 236,396 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Virgil Thomson is the 1,223rd most popular composer (down from 1,124th in 2019), the 8,495th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,338th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Composer.
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Among composers, Virgil Thomson ranks 1,223 out of 1,216. Before him are Harry Warren, John Debney, Junichi Masuda, Morten Lauridsen, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Ernest Gold. After him are Fartein Valen, Pascal Dusapin, Walter Susskind, Geirr Tveitt, Lowell Mason, and Shivkumar Sharma.
1893 - 1981
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 1,217
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 1,218
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 1,219
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 1,220
1875 - 1912
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 1,221
1921 - 1999
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 1,222
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 1,223
1887 - 1952
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 1,224
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,225
1913 - 1980
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,226
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,227
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,228
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,229
Among people born in 1896, Virgil Thomson ranks 215. Before him are Rogers Hornsby, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Walter Breuning, José Naya, and Lawrence Tibbett. After him are Arthur Tell Schwab, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Gösta Runö, Ella Hall, Robert E. Sherwood, and Alister Hardy. Among people deceased in 1989, Virgil Thomson ranks 233. Before him are Asbjørn Ruud, Ansa Ikonen, Marshall Harvey Stone, C. L. R. James, Willibald Kreß, and Lee Calhoun. After him are Manlio Di Rosa, Jimmy Murphy, Friederich Franzl, Edward Abbey, Aleksanteri Saarvala, and Richard Rado.
1896 - 1963
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 209
1896 - 1989
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 210
1896 - 1974
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 211
1896 - 2011
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 212
1896 - 1977
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 213
1896 - 1960
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 214
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 215
1896 - 1945
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 216
1896 - 1992
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 217
1896 - 1922
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 218
1896 - 1981
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 219
1896 - 1955
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 220
1896 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 221
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 227
1913 - 1989
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 228
1903 - 1989
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 229
1901 - 1989
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 230
1906 - 1989
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 231
1933 - 1989
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 232
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 233
1914 - 1989
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 234
1910 - 1989
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 235
1905 - 1989
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 236
1927 - 1989
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 237
1913 - 1989
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 238
1906 - 1989
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 239
Among people born in United States, Virgil Thomson ranks 8,495 out of 18,182. Before him are Alan Rachins (1942), Connie Sellecca (1955), Alan Oppenheimer (1930), Leslie David Baker (1958), Una Merkel (1903), and Giorgos Kaminis (1954). After him are Michael Swanwick (1950), Cal Tjader (1925), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), James M. Cox (1870), Peter Fleming (1955), and Patti Austin (1950).
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 8,489
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 8,490
1930 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 8,491
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 8,492
1903 - 1986
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 8,493
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 8,494
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 8,495
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 8,496
1925 - 1982
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 8,497
1926 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 8,498
1870 - 1957
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 8,499
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 8,500
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 8,501
Among composers born in United States, Virgil Thomson ranks 91. Before him are Marco Beltrami (1966), John Kander (1927), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), Harry Warren (1893), John Debney (1956), and Morten Lauridsen (1943). After him are Lowell Mason (1792), Christopher Young (1958), David Raksin (1912), Mark Mancina (1957), Vincent Youmans (1898), and Earl Scruggs (1924).
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 85
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 86
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 87
1893 - 1981
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 88
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 89
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 90
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 91
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 92
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 93
1912 - 2004
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 94
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 95
1898 - 1946
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 96
1924 - 2012
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 97