1896 - 1981
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (with Jay Gorney), "April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow". He was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yip Harburg has received more than 568,638 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Yip Harburg is the 1,837th most popular musician (down from 1,667th in 2019), the 9,363rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,425th in 2019) and the 740th most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Yip Harburg ranks 1,837 out of 2,662. Before him are Tom Harrell, Patrick Leonard, Armando Peraza, Mick Karn, Percy Heath, and Chick Webb. After him are Yuja Wang, Roy Bittan, Roger Miller, Jeremy Spencer, Merle Travis, and Edwin Hawkins.
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 1,831
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 1,832
1924 - 2014
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 1,833
1958 - 2011
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 1,834
1923 - 2005
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 1,835
1905 - 1939
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 1,836
1896 - 1981
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 1,837
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,838
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,839
1936 - 1992
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,840
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,841
1917 - 1983
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 1,842
1943 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 1,843
Among people born in 1896, Yip Harburg ranks 232. Before him are V. K. Krishna Menon, Marie Prevost, Carl Abrahamsson, Heinz Prüfer, Liam O'Flaherty, and Natalie Talmadge. After him are Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Okuro Oikawa, Gopal Swarup Pathak, Priscilla Dean, and Pavel Antokolsky. Among people deceased in 1981, Yip Harburg ranks 232. Before him are Morris Kirksey, Eric Williams, Alexey Okladnikov, Ann Harding, Pierre Korb, and Louise Lorraine. After him are Carl Knowles, Jack Cameron, Nikolai Tishchenko, Dragutin Najdanović, Vittorio Tamagnini, and Nikolay Smaga.
1896 - 1974
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 226
1896 - 1937
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 227
1896 - 1948
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 228
1896 - 1934
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 229
1896 - 1984
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 230
1896 - 1969
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 231
1896 - 1981
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 232
1896 - 1953
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 233
1896 - 1971
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 234
1896 - 1970
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 235
1896 - 1982
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 236
1896 - 1987
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 237
1896 - 1978
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 238
1895 - 1981
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 226
1911 - 1981
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 227
1908 - 1981
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 228
1902 - 1981
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 229
1908 - 1981
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 230
1904 - 1981
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 231
1896 - 1981
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 232
1910 - 1981
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 233
1900 - 1981
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 234
1926 - 1981
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 235
1908 - 1981
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 236
1910 - 1981
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 237
1938 - 1981
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 238
Among people born in United States, Yip Harburg ranks 9,363 out of 18,182. Before him are Fat Joe (1970), Willie Steele (1923), Percy Heath (1923), Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Edie Adams (1927), and Chick Webb (1905). After him are Penny Hardaway (1971), Andy Weir (1972), Marco Rubio (1971), Jim Loscutoff (1930), Jay Harrington (1971), and Ricky Steamboat (1953).
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 9,357
1923 - 1989
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,358
1923 - 2005
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,359
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,360
1927 - 2008
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,361
1905 - 1939
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,362
1896 - 1981
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,363
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,364
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,365
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,366
1930 - 2015
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,367
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 9,368
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 9,369
Among musicians born in United States, Yip Harburg ranks 740. Before him are Juan Atkins (1962), Kristen Pfaff (1967), Tom Harrell (1946), Patrick Leonard (1956), Percy Heath (1923), and Chick Webb (1905). After him are Roy Bittan (1949), Roger Miller (1936), Merle Travis (1917), Edwin Hawkins (1943), Richie Kotzen (1970), and Danny Carey (1961).
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 734
1967 - 1994
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 735
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 736
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.31
Rank: 737
1923 - 2005
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 738
1905 - 1939
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 739
1896 - 1981
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 740
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 741
1936 - 1992
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 742
1917 - 1983
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 743
1943 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 744
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 745
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 746