COMPOSER

Marvin Hamlisch

1944 - 2012

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marvin Hamlisch is the 893rd most popular composer (up from 966th in 2019), the 4,851st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,753rd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 893 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Jacob Bach, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Armando Trovajoli, Silvestre Revueltas, Yuri Antonov, and Robert Planquette. After him are Cornelius Gurlitt, Meredith Monk, Jaromír Weinberger, André Gedalge, Édouard Colonne, and Werner Egk.

Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia

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Johann Jacob Bach
1682 - 1722
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 887
Vítězslava Kaprálová
1915 - 1940
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 888
Armando Trovajoli
1917 - 2013
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 889
Silvestre Revueltas
1899 - 1940
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 890
Yuri Antonov
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 891
Robert Planquette
1848 - 1903
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 892
Marvin Hamlisch
1944 - 2012
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 893
Cornelius Gurlitt
1820 - 1901
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 894
Meredith Monk
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 895
Jaromír Weinberger
1896 - 1967
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 896
André Gedalge
1856 - 1926
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 897
Édouard Colonne
1838 - 1910
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 898
Werner Egk
1901 - 1983
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 899

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 353. Before him are Jiří Holík, Susana Giménez, Oswald Gracias, Conrad Black, Al Kooper, and Pierre Bachelet. After him are Aleksandr Serebrov, José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Jan-Carl Raspe, Orhan Gencebay, Manuela Carmena, and Yang Song-guk. Among people deceased in 2012, Marvin Hamlisch ranks 191. Before him are Takeshi Urata, Genichi Taguchi, Georges Mathieu, Avraham Adan, Roald Aas, and Carlo Rambaldi. After him are Ramaz Shengelia, Maurice Sendak, Claude Miller, Michel Duchaussoy, Paavo Berglund, and Fang Lizhi.

Others Born in 1944

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Jiří Holík
HOCKEY PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 347
Susana Giménez
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 348
Oswald Gracias
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 349
Conrad Black
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 350
Al Kooper
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 351
Pierre Bachelet
SINGER
1944 - 2005
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 352
Marvin Hamlisch
COMPOSER
1944 - 2012
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 353
Aleksandr Serebrov
ASTRONAUT
1944 - 2013
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 354
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 355
Jan-Carl Raspe
EXTREMIST
1944 - 1977
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 356
Orhan Gencebay
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 357
Manuela Carmena
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 358
Yang Song-guk
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 359