1954 - 1999
Horace Michael Swaby (21 June 1953 – 18 May 1999), known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer and a multi-instrumentalist, active from the 1970s until his death. He popularised the use of the melodica (an instrument at that time primarily used in Jamaica to teach music to schoolchildren) in reggae music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustus Pablo has received more than 350,454 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Augustus Pablo is the 1,755th most popular musician (down from 1,658th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 48th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Jamaican Musician.
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Among musicians, Augustus Pablo ranks 1,755 out of 2,662. Before him are David Darling, Chris Hillman, Alphonso Johnson, Dan Ar Braz, Dave Mason, and Randy Weston. After him are Hilary Hahn, Ian Wallace, Unsuk Chin, Mitski, Rick J. Jordan, and Bob Gaudio.
1941 - 2021
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 1,749
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 1,750
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 1,751
1949 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 1,752
1946 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 1,753
1926 - 2018
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 1,754
1954 - 1999
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 1,755
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 1,756
1946 - 2007
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 1,757
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 1,758
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 1,759
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 1,760
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 1,761
Among people born in 1954, Augustus Pablo ranks 416. Before him are Neal Schon, Cherie Blair, Ines Pellegrini, Tina Knowles, George Lynch, and Kevin Warwick. After him are Tedj Bensaoula, Donald Gibb, Reiner Haseloff, Fernando Vázquez, Robert Pastorelli, and Carly Fiorina. Among people deceased in 1999, Augustus Pablo ranks 234. Before him are Toninho, Ernest Gold, Marie Kraja, Peter Seeberg, Alfred Raoul, and Gorilla Monsoon. After him are John Bromwich, Man Mohan Adhikari, Willy Bandholz, Georges Gandil, Roberto Bussinello, and Władysław Hasior.
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 410
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 411
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 412
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 413
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 414
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 415
1954 - 1999
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 416
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 417
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 418
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 419
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 420
1954 - 2004
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 421
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 422
1948 - 1999
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 228
1921 - 1999
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 229
1911 - 1999
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 230
1925 - 1999
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 231
1938 - 1999
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 232
1937 - 1999
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 233
1954 - 1999
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 234
1918 - 1999
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 235
1920 - 1999
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 236
1912 - 1999
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 237
1926 - 1999
HPI: 42.81
Rank: 238
1927 - 1999
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 239
1928 - 1999
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 240
Among people born in Jamaica, Augustus Pablo ranks 49 out of 168. Before him are Bilal Philips (1947), George Rhoden (1926), John Barnes (1963), Shawn Rhoden (1975), Damian Marley (1978), and Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952). After him are Donovan Bailey (1967), Michael Manley (1924), Errol Brown (1948), John Belchier (1706), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), and Yohan Blake (1989).
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 43
1926 - Present
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 44
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 45
1975 - 2021
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 46
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 47
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 48
1954 - 1999
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 49
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 50
1924 - 1997
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 51
1948 - 2015
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 52
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 53
1941 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 54
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 55
Among musicians born in Jamaica, Augustus Pablo ranks 13. Before him are Prince Buster (1938), Monty Alexander (1944), King Tubby (1941), Horace Andy (1951), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Damian Marley (1978). After him are John Holt (1947), Diana King (1970), and Junior Murvin (1949).
1938 - 2016
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 8
1941 - 1989
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 11
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 12
1954 - 1999
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 13
1947 - 2014
HPI: 39.96
Rank: 14
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 15
1949 - 2013
HPI: 36.20
Rank: 16