1938 - Today
William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 until 2008. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bolcom has received more than 223,553 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William Bolcom is the 1,276th most popular composer (down from 1,149th in 2019), the 10,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,385th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Composer.
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Among composers, William Bolcom ranks 1,276 out of 1,216. Before him are Thomas Adès, Edmund Rubbra, Brian Tyler, Joel Goldsmith, Enoch Sontonga, and George Whitefield Chadwick. After him are John Stainer, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Ludger Stühlmeyer, Angus MacLise, Dave Stewart, and Stephen Schwartz.
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 1,270
1901 - 1986
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 1,271
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 1,272
1957 - 2012
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 1,273
1873 - 1905
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 1,274
1854 - 1931
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 1,275
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 1,276
1840 - 1901
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 1,277
1884 - 1920
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 1,278
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 1,279
1938 - 1979
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 1,280
1950 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 1,281
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 1,282
Among people born in 1938, William Bolcom ranks 483. Before him are Dietrich Stobbe, Robert Hughes, Dawn Wells, John Connelly, Giorgio Puia, and Stanley Fish. After him are Angus MacLise, Abel Laudonio, Alan Rees, Richard Goldstone, Gerry Byrne, and Yevgeni Mayorov.
1938 - 2011
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 477
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 478
1938 - 2020
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 479
1938 - 2012
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 480
1938 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 481
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 482
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 483
1938 - 1979
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 484
1938 - 2014
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 485
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 486
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 487
1938 - 2015
HPI: 40.22
Rank: 488
1938 - 1997
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 489
Among people born in United States, William Bolcom ranks 10,410 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles Eastman (1858), Eytan Fox (1964), Josh Groban (1981), Andy Timmons (1963), Maurice Stokes (1933), and John Adams Dix (1798). After him are Ivan Fuqua (1909), Nicole Krauss (1974), Tyler Bates (1965), Tom Wolf (1948), Ana Ortiz (1971), and Terry Farrell (1963).
1858 - 1939
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,404
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,405
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,406
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,407
1933 - 1970
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,408
1798 - 1879
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,409
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,410
1909 - 1994
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,411
1974 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 10,412
1965 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 10,413
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 10,414
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 10,415
1963 - Present
HPI: 40.79
Rank: 10,416
Among composers born in United States, William Bolcom ranks 116. Before him are Raymond Scott (1908), Steve Jablonsky (1970), Fred Ebb (1928), Brian Tyler (1972), Joel Goldsmith (1957), and George Whitefield Chadwick (1854). After him are Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884), Angus MacLise (1938), Stephen Schwartz (1948), Jerry Herman (1931), David Del Tredici (1937), and Robert Russell Bennett (1894).
1908 - 1994
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 110
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 111
1928 - 2004
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 112
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 113
1957 - 2012
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 114
1854 - 1931
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 115
1938 - Present
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 116
1884 - 1920
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 117
1938 - 1979
HPI: 40.70
Rank: 118
1948 - Present
HPI: 40.66
Rank: 119
1931 - 2019
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 120
1937 - 2023
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 121
1894 - 1981
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 122