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MUSICIAN

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 1,179,285 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ahmad Jamal is the 690th most popular musician (down from 593rd in 2019), the 3,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,084th in 2019) and the 227th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ahmad Jamal ranks 690 out of 2,662. Before him are Fritz Busch, The Big Bopper, Paul Kantner, Jörg Demus, Chris Squire, and Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean. After him are Jan Akkerman, Zequinha de Abreu, Evgeny Kissin, Xaver Scharwenka, Ingrid Haebler, and Candy Dulfer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ahmad Jamal ranks 212. Before him are María Elena Walsh, Lawrence Eagleburger, Sa'dun Hammadi, Venantino Venantini, The Big Bopper, and Eugenio Castellotti. After him are Goro Shimura, Ryszard Kukliński, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Josef Hügi, and David Huddleston. Among people deceased in 2023, Ahmad Jamal ranks 136. Before him are Matteo Messina Denaro, Petar Zhekov, Slim Borgudd, Salif Keïta, Horst-Dieter Höttges, and Juraj Jakubisko. After him are Ingrid Haebler, Frederic Forrest, Robert Blake, Kaija Saariaho, Ruud Geels, and Jim Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ahmad Jamal ranks 3,558 out of 18,182. Before him are Bernie Mac (1957), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Frederick William Franz (1893), Kateri Tekakwitha (1656), Jean Peters (1926), and William Baumol (1922). After him are Christopher Meloni (1961), Marsha Hunt (1917), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Billie Eilish (2001), and Syd Field (1935).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ahmad Jamal ranks 227. Before him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Adam Levine (1979), Tim Buckley (1947), Scotty Moore (1931), The Big Bopper (1930), and Paul Kantner (1941). After him are T-Bone Walker (1910), John Petrucci (1967), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Rufus Wainwright (1973), and Elmore James (1918).

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