1957 - Today
Afrika Bambaataa (; born Lance Taylor, April 17, 1957) is an American disc jockey, rapper, songwriter and producer from the South Bronx, New York. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of hip hop culture. Afrika Bambaataa is one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and is respectfully known as "The Godfather" and "Amen Ra of Hip Hop Kulture", as well as the father of electro-funk. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Afrika Bambaataa has received more than 1,780,649 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Afrika Bambaataa is the 571st most popular singer (down from 561st in 2019), the 3,337th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,160th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 571 out of 3,541. Before him are Shania Twain, Asha Bhosle, Mary Hopkin, Leonid Utyosov, Šaban Bajramović, and Sonny Boy Williamson II. After him are Mady Mesplé, Ed Sheeran, Del Shannon, Michael Kiske, Peter Frampton, and Bobby Vinton.
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 565
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 566
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 567
1895 - 1982
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 568
1936 - 2008
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 569
1912 - 1965
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 570
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 571
1931 - 2020
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 572
1991 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 573
1934 - 1990
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 574
1968 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 575
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 576
1935 - Present
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 577
Among people born in 1957, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 82. Before him are José Sócrates, Wolfgang Ketterle, Bernie Mac, Klaus Augenthaler, Peter Høeg, and Joaquim de Almeida. After him are Andrew Cuomo, Lucélia Santos, Dan Castellaneta, Patrick Battiston, Nery Pumpido, and John Lasseter.
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 76
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 77
1957 - 2008
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 78
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 79
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 80
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 81
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 82
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 83
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 84
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 85
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 86
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 87
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 88
Among people born in United States, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 3,337 out of 15,968. Before him are Samuel Wilson (1766), Jackie Gleason (1916), Don Bluth (1937), Joseph Strauss (1870), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), and Lois McMaster Bujold (1949). After him are Adolphe Menjou (1890), The Miz (1980), Cyrus Vance (1917), Thomas Newman (1955), Arnold Palmer (1929), and Joan Jett (1958).
1766 - 1854
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 3,331
1916 - 1987
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 3,332
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 3,333
1870 - 1938
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 3,334
1854 - 1925
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 3,335
1949 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 3,336
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 3,337
1890 - 1963
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 3,338
1980 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 3,339
1917 - 2002
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 3,340
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 3,341
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 3,342
1958 - Present
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 3,343
Among singers born in United States, Afrika Bambaataa ranks 172. Before him are Pat Boone (1934), Pink (1979), La Toya Jackson (1956), Ice Cube (1969), David Lee Roth (1954), and Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912). After him are Del Shannon (1934), Bobby Vinton (1935), Jay-Z (1969), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Sheryl Crow (1962), and Chip Taylor (1940).
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 166
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 167
1956 - Present
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 168
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 169
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 170
1912 - 1965
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 171
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 172
1934 - 1990
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 173
1935 - Present
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 174
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 175
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 176
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 177
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 178