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John Barry

1933 - 2011

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John Barry Prendergast (3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011) was an English composer and conductor of film music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. During his national service with the British Army in Cyprus, Barry began performing as a musician after learning to play the trumpet. Upon completing his national service, he formed a band in 1957, the John Barry Seven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Barry is the 214th most popular composer (down from 147th in 2019), the 773rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 425th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Composer.

John Barry is most famous for his work on the James Bond movies.

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Among composers, John Barry ranks 214 out of 1,451. Before him are Komitas, Vittorio Monti, Jacob Obrecht, Leonardo Vinci, Pauline Viardot, and Dmitry Bortniansky. After him are Johann Joseph Fux, Umberto Giordano, Josef Mysliveček, Francesca Caccini, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and Josef Suk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, John Barry ranks 54. Before him are John Hopfield, Gian Maria Volonté, Gene Wilder, Lee Radziwill, Charles K. Kao, and Antonio Negri. After him are Jerzy Grotowski, Jayne Mansfield, Ali Shariati, Stanley Milgram, Sylva Koscina, and Richard Rogers. Among people deceased in 2011, John Barry ranks 41. Before him are Manfred Gerlach, Christa Wolf, Jane Russell, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Willard Boyle, and Baruj Benacerraf. After him are Amy Winehouse, Lynn Margulis, Zdeněk Miler, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Dev Anand, and Betty Ford.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Barry ranks 773 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), Bill Nighy (1949), Benjamin Graham (1894), Gerard Butler (1969), Bernard Lewis (1916), and Reginald Innes Pocock (1863). After him are Raymond Cattell (1905), William Jackson Hooker (1785), James II of Scotland (1430), Amy Winehouse (1983), Derek Jacobi (1938), and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Barry ranks 8. Before him are Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Henry Purcell (1659), Benjamin Britten (1913), Christopher Hogwood (1941), William Byrd (1543), and Gustav Holst (1874). After him are Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Keith Emerson (1944), Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), and John Dunstaple (1390).

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