MUSICIAN

Bill Wyman

1936 - Today

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William George Wyman (né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who was the bass guitarist with the rock band the Rolling Stones from 1962 to 1993. Wyman was part of the band's first stable lineup and performed on their first 19 albums. Since 1997, he has performed as the vocalist and bass guitarist for Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Wyman has received more than 6,054,375 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Bill Wyman is the 176th most popular musician (down from 123rd in 2019), the 669th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 521st in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Musician.

Bill Wyman is most famous for being a founding member of the Rolling Stones.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Wymen by language

Over the past year Bill Wyman has had the most page views in the with 867,074 views, followed by German (106,327), and Spanish (63,069). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (96.69%), Basque (94.51%), and Catalan (72.37%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bill Wyman ranks 176 out of 3,175. Before him are Klaus Nomi, Ian Paice, Itzhak Perlman, Anton Diabelli, Lucio Dalla, and Gilberto Gil. After him are Ritchie Valens, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bono, Rudolf Schenker, Duff McKagan, and Bernard Haitink.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Bill Wyman ranks 47. Before him are Buddy Holly, B. J. Habibie, Günter Blobel, Steve Reich, Émile Lahoud, and Ghassan Kanafani. After him are Raymond Poulidor, Benedict Anderson, Yasuo Fukuda, Roger Whittaker, Assia Djebar, and Choummaly Sayasone.

Others Born in 1936

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Wyman ranks 669 out of 8,785. Before him are Karl Pearson (1857), Sean Bean (1959), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), John Snow (1813), Edgar Adrian (1889), and Leslie Howard (1893). After him are Oliver Smithies (1925), Thomas Chippendale (1718), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), James Bradley (1693), Brian Cox (1946), and Ben Jonson (1572).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bill Wyman ranks 44. Before him are Malcolm Young (1953), Chris Slade (1946), Tony Iommi (1948), George Martin (1926), Brian Eno (1948), and Ian Paice (1948). After him are John Cale (1942), John Paul Jones (1946), Amy Winehouse (1983), Ken Hensley (1945), Stuart Sutcliffe (1940), and Cliff Williams (1949).

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