1902 - 1983
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 609,168 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Walton is the 433rd most popular composer (down from 410th in 2019), the 1,277th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Composer.
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Among composers, William Walton ranks 433 out of 1,216. Before him are Ferdinand Hiller, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Nikolai Medtner, Claudio Merulo, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, and Ichirou Mizuki. After him are Ariel Ramírez, Vasily Kalinnikov, Pēteris Vasks, Franz Schreker, Francesco Maria Veracini, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.
1811 - 1885
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 427
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 428
1879 - 1951
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 429
1533 - 1604
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 430
1640 - 1700
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 431
1948 - 2022
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 432
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 433
1921 - 2010
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 434
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 435
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 436
1878 - 1934
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 437
1690 - 1768
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 438
1859 - 1935
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 439
Among people born in 1902, William Walton ranks 73. Before him are Eugen Jochum, Sylvanus Olympio, Pascual Jordan, Marcel Aymé, Ion Gheorghe Maurer, and Nathan Milstein. After him are Markian Popov, Jan Tschichold, Norma Shearer, Ralph Richardson, Maurice Duruflé, and Alfredo Binda. Among people deceased in 1983, William Walton ranks 51. Before him are Joan Robinson, Horst Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Victor Turner, Shizo Kanakuri, and Walther Nehring. After him are Norma Shearer, Igor Markevitch, Ralph Richardson, Florence Owens Thompson, Anthony Blunt, and Karen Carpenter.
1902 - 1987
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 67
1902 - 1963
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 68
1902 - 1980
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 69
1902 - 1967
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 70
1902 - 2000
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 71
1902 - 1992
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 72
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 73
1902 - 1969
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 74
1902 - 1974
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 75
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 76
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 77
1902 - 1986
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 78
1902 - 1986
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 79
1903 - 1983
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 45
1906 - 1983
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 46
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 47
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 48
1891 - 1983
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 49
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 50
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 51
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 52
1912 - 1983
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 53
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 54
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 55
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 56
1950 - 1983
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 57
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 1,277 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Paxton (1803), Michael Ventris (1922), Roger Williamson (1948), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Adrian Smith (1957), and Alexander McQueen (1969). After him are Wayne Rooney (1985), Chris Martin (1977), Brian Clough (1935), Seal (1963), David Prowse (1935), and Sam Mendes (1965).
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 1,271
1922 - 1956
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 1,272
1948 - 1973
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 1,273
1565 - 1601
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,274
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,275
1969 - 2010
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,276
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,277
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 1,278
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 1,279
1935 - 2004
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,280
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 1,281
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,282
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,283
Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 14. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Keith Emerson (1944), Eugen d'Albert (1864), John Dunstaple (1390), and Michael Nyman (1944). After him are Neville Marriner (1924), Frederick Delius (1862), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Thomas Arne (1710), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), and Ethel Smyth (1858).
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 8
1872 - 1958
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 9
1944 - 2016
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 10
1864 - 1932
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 11
1390 - 1453
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 13
1902 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 14
1924 - 2016
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 15
1862 - 1934
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 16
1875 - 1959
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 17
1710 - 1778
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 18
1674 - 1707
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 19
1858 - 1944
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 20