Scott Joplin

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Scott Joplin was a well-known ragtime musician and composer. Joplin was born in the U.S. state of Texas sometime between June 1867 and January 1868, and died in 1917.

He may be most commonly known from the Marvin Hamlisch adaptation of his composition "The Entertainer" which was used in the 1973 movie "The Sting" starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. His best-known song while he was alive was "Maple Leaf Rag".