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Ahmad Jamal

1930 - 2023

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Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Jamal has received more than 1,246,710 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ahmad Jamal is the 601st most popular musician (up from 688th in 2019), the 3,091st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,548th in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ahmad Jamal ranks 601 out of 3,175. Before him are Captain Beefheart, Tommy Bolin, Lazar Berman, Stephen Kovacevich, Oliver Riedel, and Nick Simper. After him are Josef Suk, Armando Manzanero, Antonio Bazzini, Ingrid Haebler, Edgar Froese, and Ivo Pogorelić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ahmad Jamal ranks 186. Before him are Anatoly Lukyanov, Rudolf E. Kálmán, Thomas P. Stafford, María Elena Walsh, Jānis Pujats, and Lazar Berman. After him are Jordi Pujol, Frances Sternhagen, Aleksandar Matanović, Yuan Longping, Yuri Artyukhin, and Elza Soares. Among people deceased in 2023, Ahmad Jamal ranks 215. Before him are Dominique Colonna, Viktor Mamatov, Juraj Jakubisko, Telesphore Toppo, Klaus Teuber, and Mary L. Cleave. After him are Frances Sternhagen, María Kodama, Aleksandar Matanović, Ingrid Haebler, Terry Venables, and Romualdo Arppi Filho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ahmad Jamal ranks 3,091 out of 20,380. Before him are Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Craig Venter (1946), Stephen Kovacevich (1940), Mary L. Cleave (1947), Hetty Green (1834), and Gordon Mitchell (1923). After him are Althea Gibson (1927), Dita Von Teese (1972), Sam Giancana (1908), Mitch Pileggi (1952), Stephen Stills (1945), and Christina Ricci (1980).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ahmad Jamal ranks 184. Before him are Jeff Porcaro (1954), Tico Torres (1953), Curtis Mayfield (1942), Captain Beefheart (1941), Tommy Bolin (1951), and Stephen Kovacevich (1940). After him are Lindsey Buckingham (1949), Artie Shaw (1910), Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Clifford Brown (1930), Ron Carter (1937), and Joan Jett (1958).

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