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Ben Webster

1909 - 1973

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Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Webster has received more than 539,524 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Webster is the 398th most popular musician (up from 597th in 2019), the 2,214th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,111th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ben Webster ranks 398 out of 3,175. Before him are Ian Anderson, Martin Gore, Buddy Rich, Lucio Battisti, Dexter Gordon, and Billy Gibbons. After him are Dennis Wilson, Glenn Frey, Ray Conniff, Albert King, Joan Manuel Serrat, and Wolfgang Sawallisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ben Webster ranks 78. Before him are Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Teiichi Matsumaru, Franz Bardon, C. Northcote Parkinson, Gottfried von Cramm, and Porfirio Rubirosa. After him are Stavros Niarchos, William M. Branham, Homi J. Bhabha, Albert R. Broccoli, Willi Boskovsky, and Juan Carlos Onetti. Among people deceased in 1973, Ben Webster ranks 82. Before him are Jacques Lipchitz, Marc Allégret, Bruno Maderna, Veronica Lake, Shirali Muslimov, and Alexander Orlov. After him are Monika Ertl, Jack Hawkins, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Frank Jack Fletcher, Nikos Zachariadis, and Hans Globke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Webster ranks 2,214 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond E. Feist (1945), Selena Gomez (1992), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), Gloria Steinem (1934), Robert Sternberg (1949), and Brenda Lee (1944). After him are Dennis Wilson (1944), Curtis LeMay (1906), Kate Capshaw (1953), Patrick Duffy (1949), Howard Martin Temin (1934), and Stockard Channing (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ben Webster ranks 115. Before him are Jermaine Jackson (1954), Ornette Coleman (1930), Tony Levin (1946), Buddy Rich (1917), Dexter Gordon (1923), and Billy Gibbons (1949). After him are Dennis Wilson (1944), Glenn Frey (1948), Ray Conniff (1916), Albert King (1923), Joe Perry (1950), and Johnny Winter (1944).

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