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Miles Davis

1926 - 1991

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Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major stylistic developments in jazz. Born into an upper-middle-class family in Alton, Illinois, and raised in East St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miles Davis is the 71st most popular musician (down from 45th in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from United States (down from 301st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Musician.

Miles Davis is most famous for being a jazz trumpeter and composer. He was the first jazz musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Among musicians, Miles Davis ranks 71 out of 3,175. Before him are Robert Fripp, Dschinghis Khan, J. J. Cale, Chuck Berry, Cliff Burton, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. After him are Vladimir Horowitz, Dean Martin, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Pablo de Sarasate, Pablo Casals, and Goran Bregović.

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Among people born in 1926, Miles Davis ranks 23. Before him are Sathya Sai Baba, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Nuon Chea, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Andrzej Wajda, and Chuck Berry. After him are Irwin Rose, Harper Lee, Hugh Hefner, Jerry Lewis, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, and Paul Berg. Among people deceased in 1991, Miles Davis ranks 17. Before him are Klaus Kinski, Gustáv Husák, W. Arthur Lewis, Jiang Qing, Graham Greene, and John Bardeen. After him are Frank Capra, Marcel Lefebvre, Lazar Kaganovich, Ragnar Granit, Soichiro Honda, and Oona O'Neill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Miles Davis ranks 503 out of 20,380. Before him are Cliff Burton (1962), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Fred Astaire (1899), Eddie Fisher (1928), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), and John Tyler (1790). After him are Theodore William Richards (1868), Gene Kelly (1912), William Howard Stein (1911), Billie Holiday (1915), Jack Kerouac (1922), and Jessica Lange (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Miles Davis ranks 21. Before him are Iggy Pop (1947), Frank Zappa (1940), Bruce Springsteen (1949), J. J. Cale (1938), Chuck Berry (1926), and Cliff Burton (1962). After him are Dean Martin (1917), Charlie Parker (1920), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Dave Grohl (1969), and Alice Cooper (1948).

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