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MUSICIAN

Bert Jansch

1943 - 2011

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Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bert Jansch has received more than 851,835 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Bert Jansch is the 1,211th most popular musician (down from 1,106th in 2019), the 3,206th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,963rd in 2019) and the 194th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

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  • 47.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bert Jansch ranks 1,211 out of 2,662Before him are John Legend, Nani Bregvadze, Herbie Mann, Thad Jones, Boris Grebenshchikov, and Christian Zacharias. After him are Thomas Quasthoff, Jimmie Nicol, Antonio Janigro, Dave Alexander, Vinnie Paul, and Spike Edney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Bert Jansch ranks 386Before him are Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, Gigi Meroni, Juan Masnik, Steve Miller, Eberhard Vogel, and Peter Struck. After him are Ottavio Bianchi, Catherine Cesarsky, Peter Sinfield, Bob Hite, Jamie Gillis, and Andrej Bajuk. Among people deceased in 2011, Bert Jansch ranks 248Before him are Nilla Pizzi, Juan Arza, Jeff Conaway, Tatyana Lioznova, Boris Chertok, and Héctor Núñez. After him are Jean Tabary, Theodore Roszak, Luiz Bueno, Tura Satana, Nusrat Bhutto, and Andrej Bajuk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bert Jansch ranks 3,206 out of 7,765Before him are Amelia Edwards (1831), James B. Francis (1815), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Bob Shaw (1931), William Hallowes Miller (1801), and Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk (1893). After him are Hywel Dda (880), John Mawe (1764), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Isaac Watts (1674), Pat Jennings (1945), and John Callen (1946).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bert Jansch ranks 194Before him are Peter Grant (1935), John McVie (1945), Steven Wilson (1967), Gerald Moore (1899), Jason Bonham (1966), and Joe Jackson (1954). After him are Jimmie Nicol (1939), Spike Edney (1951), Mick Jones (1955), Elton Dean (1945), Tony Kaye (1945), and William Primrose (1904).