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Jonathan Larson

1960 - 1996

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Jonathan David Larson (February 4, 1960 – January 25, 1996) was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia. Larson had worked on both musicals throughout the late 1980s and into the 1990s. After several years of workshopping, Rent began an Off-Broadway run in early 1996, though Larson died from an aortic dissection the day before its first preview performance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Larson is the 1,282nd most popular composer (down from 1,162nd in 2019), the 9,293rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,822nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Composer.

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Among composers, Jonathan Larson ranks 1,282 out of 1,451. Before him are Conlon Nancarrow, Mikhail Gnessin, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Toshio Hosokawa, Maurice Greene, and Władysław Żeleński. After him are Andrey Petrov, Nicholas Hooper, Hiroyuki Sawano, Lowell Mason, Thomas Tomkins, and Shivkumar Sharma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jonathan Larson ranks 359. Before him are Arnaud Desplechin, Hans Pflügler, Valentin Yordanov, Michel Gill, Craig Sheffer, and Rob Bowman. After him are Phillip Rhee, Toke Talagi, Davor Jozić, Amy Steel, Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, and J. P. Nadda. Among people deceased in 1996, Jonathan Larson ranks 291. Before him are Li Han-hsiang, Ali Hatami, Robert Nisbet, Fulvio Nesti, Anna Chandy, and Gilda. After him are Raaj Kumar, Dunc Gray, Robert Pearce, Müfide İlhan, Niní Marshall, and Marcel Capelle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jonathan Larson ranks 9,295 out of 20,380. Before him are Tammy Faye Messner (1942), Bayard Rustin (1912), John David Washington (1984), David Goggins (1975), Diana Lynn (1926), and Rob Bowman (1960). After him are Richard Blumenthal (1946), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Jason Segel (1980), Sean Parker (1979), Warren Zevon (1947), and T. C. Boyle (1948).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Jonathan Larson ranks 93. Before him are Marco Beltrami (1966), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), Florence Price (1887), Vincent Youmans (1898), Pauline Oliveros (1932), and Conlon Nancarrow (1912). After him are Lowell Mason (1792), Paul Williams (1940), Shirley Walker (1945), Peter Schickele (1935), Paul Creston (1906), and John Kander (1927).

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