1944 - 1989
Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the 20th century's most important and influential jazz trumpeters and composers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Woody Shaw has received more than 305,362 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Woody Shaw is the 1,898th most popular musician (down from 1,858th in 2019), the 9,754th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,648th in 2019) and the 773rd most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Woody Shaw ranks 1,898 out of 2,662. Before him are A. R. Rahman, Gem Archer, Tom Paxton, Ringo Sheena, Anders Fridén, and Steve Smith. After him are Ray Cooper, Ane Brun, Eddie Jobson, Uli Kusch, Mauro Maur, and Sleepy John Estes.
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 1,892
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 1,893
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 1,894
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 1,895
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,896
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 1,897
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,898
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,899
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 1,900
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 1,901
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 1,902
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 1,903
1899 - 1977
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 1,904
Among people born in 1944, Woody Shaw ranks 559. Before him are Albin Planinc, Itzhak Vissoker, Michael Glos, Petra Roth, Manfred Schmid, and Eddie Keizan. After him are Clarence White, Louise Lake-Tack, Jan Johansen, Leopoldo Vallejos, Lew Rockwell, and Saira Banu. Among people deceased in 1989, Woody Shaw ranks 250. Before him are Erich Herrmann, Fernando Martín Espina, Willie Steele, Laurie Cunningham, Hemanta Mukherjee, and Ernesto Formenti. After him are Brian Naylor, Chris Gueffroy, Lennox Berkeley, Ewan MacColl, Amanda Blake, and Rebecca Schaeffer.
1944 - 2008
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 553
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 554
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 555
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 556
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 557
1944 - 2016
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 558
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 559
1944 - 1973
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 560
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 561
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 562
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 563
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 564
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 565
1914 - 1989
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 244
1962 - 1989
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 245
1923 - 1989
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 246
1956 - 1989
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 247
1920 - 1989
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 248
1927 - 1989
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 249
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 250
1923 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 251
1968 - 1989
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 252
1903 - 1989
HPI: 41.43
Rank: 253
1915 - 1989
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 254
1929 - 1989
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 255
1967 - 1989
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 256
Among people born in United States, Woody Shaw ranks 9,754 out of 18,182. Before him are Virginia Gregg (1916), David Newman (1954), Lindsey Stirling (1986), Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1970), Cheryl Studer (1955), and Ailee (1989). After him are Michael Parenti (1933), John Toll (1952), Jason Behr (1973), Alice Sebold (1963), Alyson Noël (1965), and Charley Grapewin (1869).
1916 - 1986
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 9,748
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 9,749
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 9,750
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 9,751
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 9,752
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,753
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,754
1933 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,755
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,756
1973 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,757
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,758
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 9,759
1869 - 1956
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 9,760
Among musicians born in United States, Woody Shaw ranks 773. Before him are Jimmy Heath (1926), Al Foster (1943), Jimmy Buffett (1946), Elvin Bishop (1942), Tom Paxton (1937), and Steve Smith (1954). After him are Sleepy John Estes (1899), Robert Levin (1947), Clarence White (1944), Les Baxter (1922), Jeff Ament (1963), and Steve Coleman (1956).
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 767
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 768
1946 - 2023
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 769
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 770
1937 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 771
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 772
1944 - 1989
HPI: 41.71
Rank: 773
1899 - 1977
HPI: 41.68
Rank: 774
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 775
1944 - 1973
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 776
1922 - 1996
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 777
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 778
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 779