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Bernard Sumner

1956 - Today

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Bernard Sumner (born 4 January 1956) is an English musician. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant. Sumner was an early force in several areas, including the post-punk, synth-pop, and techno music scenes, as well as their various related genres, and was an early influence on the Manchester music scene that presaged the Madchester movement of the late 1980s centred on Factory Records and The Haçienda club in Manchester. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Sumner has received more than 2,216,264 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Sumner is the 1,400th most popular musician (down from 1,205th in 2019), the 3,629th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,185th in 2019) and the 220th most popular British Musician.

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  • 46.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bernard Sumner ranks 1,400 out of 2,662. Before him are Blind Blake, Janine Jansen, Bill Frisell, Harold Budd, Heinrich Schiff, and David Hungate. After him are Pyotr Mamonov, Mike Chapman, Peter Maxwell Davies, Tré Cool, Estas Tonne, and Garrick Ohlsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Bernard Sumner ranks 286. Before him are Cris Morena, Doina Melinte, Lisa Eilbacher, Mark Evans, Peter Farrelly, and Eileen Collins. After him are David E. Kelley, Rainer Woelki, Ismaël Lô, Schelte J. Bus, Lei Clijsters, and Roger Michell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Sumner ranks 3,629 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Joe Cole (1981), John O. Westwood (1805), James Thomson (1700), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), and Nigella Lawson (1960). After him are Douglas Hartree (1897), Malcolm Campbell (1885), Francis Willughby (1635), Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), Nicola Sturgeon (1970), and Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bernard Sumner ranks 220. Before him are Graham Gouldman (1946), Myra Hess (1890), Albert Lee (1943), Pete Doherty (1979), Jay Kay (1969), and Geoff Nicholls (1948). After him are Peter Maxwell Davies (1934), Gordon Haskell (1946), Paul Kossoff (1950), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Mick Avory (1944), and Gary Barlow (1971).

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