1960 - Today
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an English-born Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. He has resided in County Dublin, Ireland since his family moved to Malahide in 1965, when he was five years old. Clayton attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where he met schoolmates with whom he co-founded U2 in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Clayton has received more than 2,600,692 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Adam Clayton is the 772nd most popular musician (up from 943rd in 2019), the 2,241st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,590th in 2019) and the 135th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Adam Clayton ranks 772 out of 2,662. Before him are Oliver Riedel, Taj Mahal, Juan d'Arienzo, John Norum, Tony Allen, and Steve Lukather. After him are Teddy Wilson, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bernhard Romberg, Gerd Albrecht, Theodore Thomas, and Jim Croce.
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 766
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 767
1900 - 1976
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 768
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 769
1940 - 2020
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 770
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 771
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 772
1912 - 1986
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 773
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 774
1767 - 1841
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 775
1935 - 2014
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 776
1835 - 1905
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 777
1943 - 1973
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 778
Among people born in 1960, Adam Clayton ranks 123. Before him are Jürgen Schult, Elena Mukhina, Phil Taylor, José Maria Neves, Ersin Tatar, and Almudena Grandes. After him are Werner Faymann, Oliver Platt, Carlos Mozer, Robin Shou, Maryam d'Abo, and Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 117
1960 - 2006
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 118
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 119
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 120
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 121
1960 - 2021
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 122
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 123
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 124
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 125
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 126
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 127
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 128
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 129
Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Clayton ranks 2,241 out of 7,765. Before him are Rachel Ward (1957), Miriam Margolyes (1941), Roger Cotes (1682), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), and Nick Hornby (1957). After him are Anthony Quayle (1913), Llywelyn the Great (1173), George Mary Searle (1839), Claude Rains (1889), Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), and Anthony Horowitz (1955).
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 2,235
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 2,236
1682 - 1716
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,237
1730 - 1782
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,238
1941 - 1972
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,239
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,240
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 2,241
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,242
1173 - 1240
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,243
1839 - 1918
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,244
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 2,245
1872 - 1931
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 2,246
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 2,247
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Adam Clayton ranks 135. Before him are Chas Chandler (1938), Eddie Clarke (1950), Mick Box (1947), Gerry Rafferty (1947), Noel Redding (1945), and Peter Hammill (1948). After him are Julian Bream (1933), Tony Banks (1950), Carl Palmer (1950), Würzel (1949), Bob Klose (1945), and Steve Jones (1955).
1938 - 1996
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 129
1950 - 2018
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 130
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 131
1947 - 2011
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 132
1945 - 2003
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 133
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 134
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 135
1933 - 2020
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 136
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 137
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 138
1949 - 2011
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 139
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 140
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 141