1953 - Today
Alexander Arthur Van Halen (Dutch pronunciation: [aːlɛkˈsɑndər fɑn ˈɦaːlə(n)]; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician who was the original drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Van Halen, which was formed in 1972 by Van Halen and his younger brother Eddie under the name "Mammoth" before adding Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth in 1974 and changing their name to Van Halen. Warner Bros. signed the band in 1977, and the band's debut album was released a year later. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Van Halen has received more than 3,321,022 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alex Van Halen is the 1,035th most popular musician (up from 1,129th in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 567th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Musician.
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Among musicians, Alex Van Halen ranks 1,035 out of 2,662. Before him are Matisyahu, Louis Jordan, Mark St. John, S. D. Burman, Fletcher Henderson, and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński. After him are Charlie Mariano, Mike Bloomfield, Patti Scialfa, Julius Klengel, Aphex Twin, and Eric Ericson.
1979 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 1,029
1908 - 1975
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 1,030
1956 - 2007
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 1,031
1906 - 1975
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 1,032
1897 - 1952
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 1,033
1807 - 1867
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 1,034
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 1,035
1923 - 2009
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 1,036
1943 - 1981
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 1,037
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 1,038
1859 - 1933
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 1,039
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 1,040
1918 - 2013
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 1,041
Among people born in 1953, Alex Van Halen ranks 197. Before him are Sergey Mironov, Robert Zoellick, Hisako, Princess Takamado, Hamilton Mourão, René Vandereycken, and Serginho Chulapa. After him are Patti Scialfa, Satoru Nakajima, Toyohito Mochizuki, James Read, David Deutsch, and Gérard Krawczyk.
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 191
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 192
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 193
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 194
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 195
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 196
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 197
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 198
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 199
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 200
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 201
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 202
1953 - Present
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 203
Among people born in Netherlands, Alex Van Halen ranks 560 out of 1,427. Before him are Gerrie Mühren (1946), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Hans van Manen (1932), Jaap Bakema (1914), Dirk Coster (1889), and Adri van Tiggelen (1957). After him are Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Barry Hulshoff (1946), Henri Alexis Brialmont (1821), Maarten Schmidt (1929), Wubbo Ockels (1946), and Frederik van Eeden (1860).
1946 - 2013
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 554
1869 - 1944
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 555
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 556
1914 - 1981
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 557
1889 - 1950
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 558
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 559
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 560
1691 - 1741
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 561
1946 - 2020
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 562
1821 - 1903
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 563
1929 - 2022
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 564
1946 - 2014
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 565
1860 - 1932
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 566
Among musicians born in Netherlands, Alex Van Halen ranks 11. Before him are Armin van Buuren (1976), Ton Koopman (1944), Frans Brüggen (1934), Jan Akkerman (1946), Candy Dulfer (1969), and Eduard van Beinum (1900). After him are Martin Garrix (1996), Adrian Vandenberg (1954), Bart Berman (1938), Edo de Waart (1941), Janine Jansen (1978), and Afrojack (1987).
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 6
1934 - 2014
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 7
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 8
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 9
1900 - 1959
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 11
1996 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 12
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 13
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 15
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 16
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 17