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Ben Shepherd

1968 - Today

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Hunter Benedict Shepherd (born September 20, 1968) is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Soundgarden. Shepherd has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden. Born in Okinawa, Shepherd grew up in Washington and developed an interest in music after watching Johnny Cash on TV. He played in various punk-rock bands and eventually joined Soundgarden as a bassist in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Shepherd has received more than 709,332 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Shepherd is the 2,507th most popular musician (down from 2,353rd in 2019), the 2,028th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,856th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Japanese Musician.

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  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ben Shepherd ranks 2,507 out of 2,662Before him are John Cooper, Jani Lane, Dan Donegan, Håkan Hellström, Greg Ginn, and Pabllo Vittar. After him are Rob Caggiano, BT, Alok, C418, Madita, and Jody Watley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ben Shepherd ranks 615Before him are Giorgi Baramidze, Irshad Manji, Anthony E. Zuiker, Nicoleta Alexandru, Christophe Ohrel, and Dan Donegan. After him are John Grant, Grant Bowler, Bruno Risi, Jonathan Knight, Cătălin Predoiu, and Li Bun-hui.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ben Shepherd ranks 2,028 out of 6,048Before him are Futoshi Ikeda (1970), Hitoshi Sogahata (1979), Tsuru Morimoto (1970), Toshihiro Yamaguchi (1971), Kenichi Shimokawa (1970), and Inori Minase (1995). After him are Satoshi Yamaguchi (1978), Kazuyuki Kyoya (1971), Keiichiro Nuno (1960), Akimasa Tsukamoto (1969), Yuta Tabuse (1980), and Mikako Komatsu (1988).

Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Ben Shepherd ranks 42Before him are Heath (1968), Mai Kuraki (1982), Naomi Munakata (1955), Ai Otsuka (1982), Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), and Kamijo (1975). After him are Nobuyuki Tsujii (1988), Matt Heafy (1986), Eir Aoi (1988), Misako Uno (1986), and Rie fu (1985).