1894 - 1976
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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Piston has received more than 160,274 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Walter Piston is the 1,010th most popular composer (down from 949th in 2019), the 5,150th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,199th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, Walter Piston ranks 1,010 out of 1,216. Before him are Meredith Monk, Hubert Parry, Yasushi Akutagawa, Hugo Distler, Johann Theile, and Antoine Duhamel. After him are Gottfried von Einem, Vagn Holmboe, Jacopo da Bologna, Michael William Balfe, Ivan Galamian, and Frank Churchill.
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1,004
1848 - 1918
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,005
1925 - 1989
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,006
1908 - 1942
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 1,007
1646 - 1724
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 1,008
1925 - 2014
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 1,009
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,010
1918 - 1996
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 1,011
1909 - 1996
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 1,012
1340 - 1386
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 1,013
1808 - 1870
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 1,014
1903 - 1981
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 1,015
1901 - 1942
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 1,016
Among people born in 1894, Walter Piston ranks 161. Before him are Johan Wilhelm Rangell, Giuseppe Tucci, Willem Schermerhorn, Viorica Ursuleac, James Thurber, and Robert Menzies. After him are Oskar Maria Graf, José Bustamante y Rivero, Esfir Shub, Henryk Sławik, Nita Naldi, and Vilmos Aba-Novák. Among people deceased in 1976, Walter Piston ranks 143. Before him are Floyd Council, Conduelo Píriz, Viggo Kampmann, Hidetsugu Yagi, Pál Turán, and Stanley Baker. After him are Yashpal, Maurice Dobb, Rudi Fischer, Mariano Ospina Pérez, Giuseppe Cavanna, and Ivo Van Damme.
1894 - 1982
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 155
1894 - 1984
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 156
1894 - 1977
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 157
1894 - 1985
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 158
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 159
1894 - 1978
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 160
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 161
1894 - 1967
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 162
1894 - 1989
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 163
1894 - 1959
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 164
1894 - 1944
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 165
1894 - 1961
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 166
1894 - 1941
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 167
1911 - 1976
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 137
1905 - 1976
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 138
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 139
1886 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 140
1910 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 141
1928 - 1976
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 142
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 143
1903 - 1976
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 144
1900 - 1976
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 145
1912 - 1976
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 146
1891 - 1976
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 147
1905 - 1976
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 148
1954 - 1976
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 149
Among people born in United States, Walter Piston ranks 5,150 out of 18,182. Before him are Eli Roth (1972), James Marsters (1962), Brandi Love (1973), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), Dann Florek (1950), and Aidan Quinn (1959). After him are Peter Greene (1965), Nicky Hayden (1981), Christopher Atkins (1961), Donald Johanson (1943), Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), and Mark Moses (1958).
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 5,144
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 5,145
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 5,146
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 5,147
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 5,148
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 5,149
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 5,150
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 5,151
1981 - 2017
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 5,152
1961 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 5,153
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 5,154
1841 - 1935
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 5,155
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 5,156
Among composers born in United States, Walter Piston ranks 54. Before him are Lee Konitz (1927), Frederic Rzewski (1938), Cathy Berberian (1925), W. C. Handy (1873), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), and Meredith Monk (1942). After him are Frank Churchill (1901), Harry Partch (1901), Michael Giacchino (1967), Morton Gould (1913), Roger Sessions (1896), and William Christie (1944).
1927 - 2020
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 48
1938 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 49
1925 - 1983
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 50
1873 - 1958
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 51
1944 - 2012
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 52
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 53
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 54
1901 - 1942
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 55
1901 - 1974
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 56
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 57
1913 - 1996
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 58
1896 - 1985
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 59
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 60