1955 - Today
Angus McKinnon Young (born 31 March 1955) is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only remaining founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, schoolboy-uniform stage outfits and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023 edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all-time list. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Angus Young has received more than 9,479,945 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia. Angus Young is the 95th most popular musician (down from 85th in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 398th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Musician.
Angus Young is most famous for being the lead guitarist and co-founder of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC.
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Among musicians, Angus Young ranks 95 out of 2,662. Before him are David Oistrakh, Robert Fripp, Duke Ellington, Richard Wright, Gheorghe Zamfir, and Dean Martin. After him are João Gilberto, Gary Moore, Ludovico Einaudi, Glenn Miller, Bill Evans, and Paul Mauriat.
1908 - 1974
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 89
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 90
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 91
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 92
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 93
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 94
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 95
1931 - 2019
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 96
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 97
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 98
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 99
1929 - 1980
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 100
1925 - 2006
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 101
Among people born in 1955, Angus Young ranks 17. Before him are Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Willem Dafoe, Sergey Shoygu, Ornella Muti, and Isabelle Adjani. After him are Li Keqiang, Ludovico Einaudi, Mo Yan, Nina Hagen, Donatella Versace, and Guillermo Lasso.
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 12
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 15
1955 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 16
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 17
1955 - 2023
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 18
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 19
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 20
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 21
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 22
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Angus Young ranks 425 out of 7,765. Before him are Robbie Coltrane (1950), James IV of Scotland (1473), Donald Winnicott (1896), Edward the Martyr (962), Graham Hill (1929), and A. A. Milne (1882). After him are Deborah Kerr (1921), Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882), David Beckham (1975), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), Tony Blair (1953), and Eadweard Muybridge (1830).
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 419
1473 - 1513
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 420
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 421
962 - 978
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 422
1929 - 1975
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 423
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 424
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 425
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 426
1882 - 1920
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 427
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 428
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 429
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 430
1830 - 1904
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 431
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Angus Young ranks 27. Before him are Jimmy Page (1944), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), Syd Barrett (1946), Jon Lord (1941), Robert Fripp (1946), and Richard Wright (1943). After him are Gary Moore (1952), Mike Oldfield (1953), John Bonham (1948), Ronnie Wood (1947), John Dowland (1563), and Sid Vicious (1957).
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 22
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 23
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 25
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 26
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 27
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 28
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 29
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 31
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 32
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 33