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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 751,207 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ben Shepherd is the 2,692nd most popular musician (down from 2,498th in 2019), the 2,229th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular Japanese Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ben Shepherd ranks 2,692 out of 3,175. Before him are Nobuyuki Tsujii, Jim O'Rourke, K. S. Chithra, Gautier Capuçon, Timmy Trumpet, and Matt Skiba. After him are Håkan Hellström, Tiga, William Goldsmith, Brendan O'Brien, Diana Hajiyeva, and Rob Caggiano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ben Shepherd ranks 676. Before him are Jeff VanderMeer, Rexy Mainaky, Alexis Alexandris, Ayu Utami, Anders Borg, and Andreas Tews. After him are Elena Sedina, Kaori Nagamine, Ana Jara, Bahman Golbarnezhad, Cate Shortland, and Brahim Lahlafi.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ben Shepherd ranks 2,229 out of 6,245. Before him are Kim Jong-song (1964), Ayane Sakura (1994), Nobuyuki Tsujii (1988), Yoshie Kasajima (1975), Hiroshi Ohashi (1959), and Masaaki Sawanobori (1970). After him are Shoji Meguro (1971), Hiroshige Yanagimoto (1972), Kaori Nagamine (1968), Tadahiro Akiba (1975), Hirokazu Yagi (1959), and Daijiro Takakuwa (1973).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Ben Shepherd ranks 46. Before him are Takahiro Moriuchi (1988), Kamijo (1975), Jin Akanishi (1984), Mai Kuraki (1982), Ai Otsuka (1982), and Nobuyuki Tsujii (1988). After him are Matt Heafy (1986), Eir Aoi (1988), Misako Uno (1986), Rie fu (1985), and The Faders (null).

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