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Wendy Carlos

1939 - Today

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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Carlos has received more than 2,804,033 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Wendy Carlos is the 520th most popular musician (down from 478th in 2019), the 2,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,550th in 2019) and the 157th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wendy Carlos ranks 520 out of 2,662. Before her are Tommy Ramone, Joey DeMaio, Gil Evans, Freddie King, Ole Bull, and Michel Petrucciani. After her are Mitch Mitchell, Klaus Voormann, Ivo Pogorelić, Gerry Mulligan, Vince Clarke, and Steve Howe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Wendy Carlos ranks 146. Before her are Robert Hansen, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Sal Mineo, James Fox, Nobuyuki Oishi, and Bertrand Blier. After her are Salomé, José Antonio Abreu, Karen Black, Samantha Eggar, Enrico Albertosi, and Lili Ivanova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendy Carlos ranks 2,764 out of 18,182. Before her are Billy Milligan (1955), Charles Tilly (1929), Ann Dunham (1942), Clancy Brown (1959), Anne Meara (1929), and Archibald Gracie IV (1858). After her are Andrew Taylor Still (1828), Sally Kellerman (1937), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Bobby Darin (1936), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), and William Henry Pickering (1858).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Wendy Carlos ranks 157. Before her are Mick Mars (1951), Ira Gershwin (1896), Archie Shepp (1937), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Joey DeMaio (1954), and Freddie King (1934). After her are Gerry Mulligan (1927), Joe Pass (1929), Tom Petty (1950), Artie Shaw (1910), Ace Frehley (1951), and Jeff Porcaro (1954).

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