Musician

Roy Buchanan

American blues musician

1939 - 1988

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Roy Buchanan is the 1,063rd most popular musician (down from 857th in 2024), the 5,542nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,235th in 2019) and the 364th most popular American Musician.

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Roy Buchanan's biography spans 23 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 58.46.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Roy Buchanan ranks 1,063 out of 3,445. Before him are George Duke, Buddy Bolden, Doug Clifford, Tony Thompson, Tommy Dorsey, and Sabicas. After him are Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, James Galway, David Sanborn, Billy Hart, Harry Edison, and Holger Czukay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Roy Buchanan ranks 299. Before him are Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Janusz Gajos, Ljiljana Petrović, Charles Jencks, Peter Mayle, and Mike Castle. After him are James Galway, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Renate Boy, Marie-Claire Blais, José Emilio Pacheco, and Len Cariou. Among people deceased in 1988, Roy Buchanan ranks 132. Before him are Sabino Barinaga, Jimmy Ball, Herbert Feigl, Anna Sipos, Siaka Stevens, and Fritz Heider. After him are Joshua Logan, Michel Auclair, Mike Beuttler, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Frank Zamboni, and Herluf Bidstrup.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Buchanan ranks 5,542 out of 23,232. Before him are Mike Castle (1939), Mark White (1940), Forrest Smithson (1884), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Allen Iverson (1975), and Sammy Gravano (1945). After him are Carol Potter (1948), Robert Cornelius (1809), David Sanborn (1945), Anna Kendrick (1985), Billy Hart (1940), and Ellen Corby (1911).

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Among Musicians In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Roy Buchanan ranks 364. Before him are Rick James (1948), George Duke (1946), Buddy Bolden (1877), Doug Clifford (1945), Tony Thompson (1954), and Tommy Dorsey (1905). After him are David Sanborn (1945), Billy Hart (1940), Harry Edison (1915), Tony Visconti (1944), Lauryn Hill (1975), and Michael Angelo Batio (1956).

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