COMPOSER

William Walton

1902 - 1983

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Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 1902 – 8 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Walton has received more than 648,416 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. William Walton is the 552nd most popular composer (down from 433rd in 2019), the 1,544th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,273rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Walton ranks 552 out of 1,451. Before him are Luis Bacalov, Frederick Delius, Jean-François Le Sueur, Hermann Abendroth, Stephen Sondheim, and Johann Crüger. After him are Bálint Bakfark, Pierre Henry, Henri Duparc, Stevan Mokranjac, Eleni Karaindrou, and Riccardo Drigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, William Walton ranks 99. Before him are Darryl F. Zanuck, Santos Iriarte, Jan Tschichold, Elsa Lanchester, Abraham Wald, and Nicolás Guillén. After him are Samuel Goudsmit, Leopold Figl, Vladimír Clementis, Albert Forster, Jean Bruller, and Peregrino Anselmo. Among people deceased in 1983, William Walton ranks 67. Before him are Tino Rossi, Piero Sraffa, Sharof Rashidov, Erich Juskowiak, Shizo Kanakuri, and László Budai. After him are Arturo Umberto Illia, Louison Bobet, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Carolyn Jones, Marcel Dalio, and Josep Lluís Sert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 1,544 out of 8,785. Before him are Olaf Stapledon (1886), Ian Kershaw (1943), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Anne Conway (1631), Jack W. Szostak (1952), and Karen Armstrong (1944). After him are Henry Tandey (1891), James Dyson (1947), David Icke (1952), Lionel Robbins (1898), Norman Davies (1939), and Boy George (1961).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 16. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), John Dunstaple (1390), Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ethel Smyth (1858), and Frederick Delius (1862). After him are John Blow (1649), Neville Marriner (1924), Thomas Arne (1710), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), and Malcolm Arnold (1921).

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