1904 - 1982
William Primrose CBE (23 August 1904 – 1 May 1982) was a Scottish violist and teacher. He performed with the London String Quartet from 1930 to 1935. He then joined the NBC symphony orchestra where he formed the Primrose Quartet. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Primrose has received more than 63,054 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Primrose is the 1,300th most popular musician (down from 1,106th in 2019), the 3,393rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,886th in 2019) and the 210th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, William Primrose ranks 1,300 out of 2,675. Before him are Mr Lordi, King Tubby, Dexter Holland, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Joe Jackson, and Manu Katché. After him are Joe Hahn, Heinrich Schiff, Hal David, Patrick Moraz, John Hammond, and Mike Patton.
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 1,294
1941 - 1989
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 1,295
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,296
1914 - 1948
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 1,297
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,298
1958 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 1,299
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,300
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,301
1951 - 2016
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,302
1921 - 2012
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,303
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,304
1910 - 1987
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,305
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,306
Among people born in 1904, William Primrose ranks 226. Before him are Alfred Bohrmann, J. R. D. Tata, Vladimir Makogonov, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Boris Babochkin, and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry. After him are Jacqueline Logan, Jimmy McGrory, Constance Bennett, Henry Johansen, Puck van Heel, and Estanislau de Figueiredo Pamplona. Among people deceased in 1982, William Primrose ranks 177. Before him are Archibald MacLeish, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Ben Nicholson, Raghunath Murmu, Clifford Curzon, and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry. After him are Eino Penttilä, Jimmy McGrory, Leonid Spirin, Eleanor Powell, Otto von Porat, and Boris Andreyev.
1904 - 2000
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 220
1904 - 1993
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 221
1904 - 1993
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 222
1904 - 1990
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 223
1904 - 1975
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 224
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 225
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 226
1904 - 1983
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 227
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 228
1904 - 1965
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 229
1904 - 1988
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 230
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 231
1904 - 1973
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 232
1892 - 1982
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 171
1905 - 1982
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 172
1894 - 1982
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 173
1905 - 1982
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 174
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 175
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 176
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 177
1906 - 1982
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 178
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 179
1932 - 1982
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 180
1912 - 1982
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 181
1903 - 1982
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 182
1915 - 1982
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 183
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Primrose ranks 3,393 out of 6,924. Before him are Patrick Abercrombie (1879), William Harrison Ainsworth (1805), Natalia Tena (1984), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Shirley Henderson (1965), and Joe Jackson (1954). After him are John Higgins (1975), Steven Moffat (1961), Clive Russell (1945), Anna Lee (1913), Thomas Nuttall (1786), and Kunal Nayyar (1981).
1879 - 1957
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 3,387
1805 - 1882
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 3,388
1984 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 3,389
1855 - 1956
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 3,390
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 3,391
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 3,392
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 3,393
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 3,394
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 3,395
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 3,396
1913 - 2004
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 3,397
1786 - 1859
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 3,398
1981 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 3,399
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, William Primrose ranks 210. Before him are Roy Wood (1946), Geoff Nicholls (1948), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Ronnie Lane (1946), Clifford Curzon (1907), and Joe Jackson (1954). After him are Rick Allen (1963), Dennis Brain (1921), Johnny Marr (1963), Roger Norrington (1934), John Powell (1963), and Lee Kerslake (1947).
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 204
1948 - 2017
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 205
1957 - 1993
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 206
1946 - 1997
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 207
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 208
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 209
1904 - 1982
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 210
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 211
1921 - 1957
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 212
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 213
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 214
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 215
1947 - 2020
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 216