Musician

Ric Ocasek

American musician

1949 - 2019

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His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ric Ocasek is the 870th most popular musician (down from 659th in 2024), the 4,689th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,376th in 2019) and the 285th most popular American Musician.

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Ric Ocasek shares a March 23 birthday with Akira Kurosawa, Vasily Zaitsev, and Pierre-Simon Laplace.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Ric Ocasek ranks 870 out of 3,175. Before him are Pío Leyva, The Big Bopper, Haruomi Hosono, Mark Evans, Brad Delson, and Marco Uccellini. After him are Osvaldo Pugliese, Sylvester Levay, Smokey Robinson, Steve Lukather, John Miles, and Željko Joksimović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ric Ocasek ranks 283. Before him are Joaquín Sabina, Bertalan Farkas, Sotiris Kaiafas, Daniel Lavoie, Jorge Bucay, and Antônio Fagundes. After him are Mircea Diaconu, Conny Torstensson, Mari Alkatiri, John Miles, Bernd Eichinger, and Frankie Faison. Among people deceased in 2019, Ric Ocasek ranks 211. Before him are Paul Volcker, José José, Girish Karnad, Egil Danielsen, Syd Mead, and Ilaria Occhini. After him are Guillaume Faye, Alasdair Gray, Rudi Gutendorf, Jacques Dupont, Camilo Sesto, and Nanni Galli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ric Ocasek ranks 4,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Syd Mead (1933), Paul Mazursky (1930), William Calley (1943), E. E. Smith (1890), Cathy Berberian (1925), and Michael Jai White (1967). After him are Theresa Russell (1957), Tom Bosley (1927), Nancy J. Currie-Gregg (1958), Clyde Cowan (1919), Raphael Warnock (1969), and Walter Koenig (1936).

Among Musicians In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ric Ocasek ranks 285. Before him are Frank Beard (1949), Elmore James (1918), Herb Alpert (1935), Pink Anderson (1900), The Big Bopper (1930), and Brad Delson (1977). After him are Smokey Robinson (1940), Steve Lukather (1957), Steve Smith (1954), Roy Ayers (1940), Billy Sheehan (1953), and Tommy Thayer (1960).

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