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Alan Lomax

1915 - 2002

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Alan Lomax (; January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and filmmaker. Lomax produced recordings, concerts, and radio shows in the U.S. and in England which played an important role in preserving folk music traditions in both countries and helped start both the American and British folk revivals of the 1940s, 1950s, and especially the early 1960s. He collected material first with his father, folklorist and collector John Lomax, and later, alone and with others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Lomax is the 408th most popular businessperson (up from 445th in 2019), the 5,132nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,578th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Alan Lomax ranks 408 out of 847. Before him are John Cockerill, Elisabeth Abegg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Gerard Philips, Christophe de Margerie, and Allen Klein. After him are Robert Monroe, Nino Cerruti, John Elkann, Emil Rathenau, Reed Hastings, and Mikimoto Kōkichi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Alan Lomax ranks 139. Before him are Norman Wisdom, Willie Dixon, Robert Motherwell, Zulfiya, Else Krüger, and Hans Christian Blech. After him are Robert Monroe, Philip Morrison, Argemiro, Aldo Boffi, Edmond Leburton, and John Tukey. Among people deceased in 2002, Alan Lomax ranks 160. Before him are Layne Staley, Julio Pérez, Ramón Grosso, Ted Williams, Grote Reber, and Kristen Nygaard. After him are Marion Dönhoff, Said Belqola, Vlado Perlemuter, Louis-Marie Billé, Sune Andersson, and Reginald Rose.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Lomax ranks 5,132 out of 20,380. Before him are Walton Walker (1889), Al Foster (1943), Jonathan Littell (1967), Renée Taylor (1933), Stephen Cook (1939), and Robert McKee (1941). After him are Grace Bumbry (1937), Birdman (1969), Martha Hyer (1924), John Lewis (1920), Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892), and Dave Schultz (1959).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Alan Lomax ranks 129. Before him are Robert Mercer (1946), Howard Schultz (1953), Peter Lynch (1944), Edwin Drake (1819), Roy E. Disney (1930), and Allen Klein (1931). After him are Robert Monroe (1915), John Elkann (1976), Reed Hastings (1960), Ivy Lee (1877), Jim Walton (1948), and David Geffen (1943).

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