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Irving Berlin

1888 - 1989

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Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award. He also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Gerald R. Ford in 1977. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irving Berlin is the 337th most popular composer (down from 257th in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Russia (down from 362nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Russian Composer.

Irving Berlin is most famous for being the composer of "God Bless America."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Irving Berlin ranks 337 out of 1,451. Before him are Julius Fučík, Bernard Herrmann, Keith Emerson, Luca Marenzio, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Johann van Beethoven. After him are Klaus Schulze, Georg Benda, Clément Janequin, Ignaz Pleyel, Michael Nyman, and Francesco Gasparini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Irving Berlin ranks 50. Before him are August Kubizek, Oskar Schlemmer, Ernst Heinkel, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Max Steiner, and Nuri al-Said. After him are Fritz Klein, Georgios Papandreou, John Foster Dulles, Heinrich Neuhaus, Thea von Harbou, and Chandrashekhar Agashe. Among people deceased in 1989, Irving Berlin ranks 54. Before him are Gaetano Scirea, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Guy Williams, Irving Stone, Jerzy Kukuczka, and Valentin Glushko. After him are John Payne, Boris Skossyreff, Graham Chapman, Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz, Franklin J. Schaffner, and A. J. Ayer.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Irving Berlin ranks 420 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Griboyedov (1795), Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Gavrila Derzhavin (1743), Rasul Gamzatov (1923), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), and Vsevolod the Big Nest (1154). After him are Lauri Kristian Relander (1883), Daniil Kharms (1905), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Lyubov Popova (1889), Rinat Dasayev (1957), and Sergei Taneyev (1856).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Irving Berlin ranks 17. Before him are Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Otto Nicolai (1810), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Anton Arensky (1861), and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883). After him are Sergei Taneyev (1856), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), Nikolai Medtner (1879), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859).

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