MUSICIAN

Barış Manço

1943 - 1999

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Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beginning his musical career while attending Galatasaray High School, he was a pioneer of rock music in Turkey and one of the founders of the Anatolian rock genre. Manço composed around 200 songs and is among the best-selling Turkish artists to date and the winner of the most awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barış Manço has received more than 557,292 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Barış Manço is the 301st most popular musician (up from 379th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 549th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Barış Manço ranks 301 out of 3,175. Before him are Riccardo Cocciante, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Jerry Reed, Lisa Gerrard, David Popper, and Salif Keita. After him are Carl Michael Bellman, Joe Strummer, Fela Kuti, Cozy Powell, Nicko McBrain, and John Densmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Barış Manço ranks 123. Before him are Conchata Ferrell, René Préval, John Nettles, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Wanda Rutkiewicz, and Dušan Ivković. After him are Jacques Dutronc, Armando Guebuza, Martin Campbell, Lorenzo Sanz, Paul Michael Glaser, and Paul Wolfowitz. Among people deceased in 1999, Barış Manço ranks 51. Before him are Henri, Count of Paris, George C. Scott, Fabrizio De André, Edward Dmytryk, André Martinet, and Benjamin Bloom. After him are João Figueiredo, Alfredo Kraus, Charlotte Perriand, Dirk Bogarde, Rafael Alberti, and Lajos Tichy.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Barış Manço ranks 412 out of 1,347. Before him are Asclepiades of Bithynia (-120), Paisios of Mount Athos (1924), Prusias I of Bithynia (-300), Basil Zaharoff (1849), Henri Verneuil (1920), and Metrodorus of Lampsacus (-331). After him are Parrhasius (-500), Joe Strummer (1952), Emine Erdoğan (1955), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), E. M. Antoniadi (1870), and Şahin Giray (1745).

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Among MUSICIANS In Türkiye

Among musicians born in Türkiye, Barış Manço ranks 1. After him are Joe Strummer (1952), İdil Biret (1941), Ahmet Ertegun (1923), Âşık Veysel (1894), Orhan Gencebay (1944), Arif Mardin (1932), Selda Bağcan (1948), Fazıl Say (1970), Arto Tunçboyacıyan (1957), Şehrazat (1952), and Ayla Erduran (1934).

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