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Henry Mancini

1924 - 1994

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Henry Mancini ( man-SEE-nee; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and twenty Grammy Awards, plus a posthumous Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. His works include the theme and soundtrack for the Peter Gunn television series as well as the music for The Pink Panther film series ("The Pink Panther Theme") and "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. The Music from Peter Gunn won the inaugural Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Mancini is the 203rd most popular composer (down from 171st in 2019), the 1,078th most popular biography from United States (down from 733rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Composer.

Henry Mancini is most famous for his film scores, which include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses, and The Pink Panther.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Henry Mancini ranks 203 out of 1,451. Before him are Jan Dismas Zelenka, Luigi Nono, Charles-Marie Widor, Johann Stamitz, Witold Lutosławski, and Johann Ambrosius Bach. After him are Jordi Savall, Anna Maria Mozart, Gilles Binchois, Johann Joachim Quantz, Komitas, and Vittorio Monti.

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Among people born in 1924, Henry Mancini ranks 43. Before him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Amílcar Cabral, Lee Marvin, Willard Boyle, Antony Hewish, and Luigi Nono. After him are Dmitry Yazov, Jin Yong, Francisco Macías Nguema, Robert Solow, Carroll O'Connor, and Christopher Tolkien. Among people deceased in 1994, Henry Mancini ranks 42. Before him are Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, Andrés Escobar, Pierre Boulle, Vladimir Ivashko, and Witold Lutosławski. After him are Gian Maria Volonté, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Paul Delvaux, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Julian Schwinger, and Juvénal Habyarimana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Mancini ranks 1,078 out of 20,380. Before him are Kamehameha I (1758), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Suzi Quatro (1950), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Judith Butler (1956), and Kevin Kline (1947). After him are Tobin Bell (1942), Donald J. Cram (1919), Roy Cohn (1927), Arthur Kennedy (1914), Leon M. Lederman (1922), and Richard Kiel (1939).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Henry Mancini ranks 8. Before him are John Williams (1932), John Cage (1912), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Alfred Newman (1900), Philip Glass (1937), and Samuel Barber (1910). After him are Scott Joplin (1868), Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), Steve Reich (1936), and Stephen Schwartz (1948).

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