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Adam Clayton

1960 - Today

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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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  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Adam Clayton ranks 772 out of 2,662Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Adam Clayton ranks 123Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Clayton ranks 2,241 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Adam Clayton ranks 135Before 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).