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Alex Van Halen

1953 - Today

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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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  • 3.3M

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  • 49.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alex Van Halen ranks 1,035 out of 2,662Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Alex Van Halen ranks 197Before 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.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Alex Van Halen ranks 560 out of 1,427Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In Netherlands

Among musicians born in Netherlands, Alex Van Halen ranks 11Before 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).