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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Walton ranks 433 out of 1,216Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, William Walton ranks 73Before 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 51Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 1,277 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, William Walton ranks 14Before 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).