New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MUSICIAN

Bill Bruford

1949 - Today

Photo of Bill Bruford

Icon of person Bill Bruford

William Scott Bruford (born 17 May 1949) is an English former drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording and touring with King Crimson (1972–1974), Roy Harper (1975), and U.K. (1978), as well as touring with Genesis (1976). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Bruford has received more than 1,697,617 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Bruford is the 647th most popular musician (down from 621st in 2019), the 1,963rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,915th in 2019) and the 120th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bill Brufords by language


Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bill Bruford ranks 647 out of 2,662. Before him are Steve Gadd, Mordechai Gebirtig, McCoy Tyner, Ruggiero Ricci, Ron Carter, and Vanessa-Mae. After him are Clarence Clemons, Ivan Mládek, Smokey Robinson, Jimmy Smith, Vinnie Vincent, and Robert Casadesus.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Bill Bruford ranks 184. Before him are Robert Palmer, Pierre Buyoya, Deep Roy, Ric Ocasek, Keto Losaberidze, and Philip Michael Thomas. After him are Rakesh Sharma, Manuel Orantes, Lois McMaster Bujold, Rick Wakeman, Aurelio De Laurentiis, and Alain Finkielkraut.

Others Born in 1949

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Bruford ranks 1,963 out of 7,765. Before him are Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Willehad (735), Hugh Bonneville (1963), David Tennant (1971), John Byron (1723), and Robert Watson-Watt (1892). After him are Henry Allingham (1896), Philippa Foot (1920), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Erling Braut Håland (2000), and Charles Kay Ogden (1889).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bill Bruford ranks 120. Before him are Mark Hollis (1955), Robert Palmer (1949), Robert Smith (1959), Damon Albarn (1968), Thom Yorke (1968), and K. K. Downing (1951). After him are Phil Taylor (1954), Rick Wakeman (1949), Mike Rutherford (1950), Chris Squire (1948), Trevor Horn (1949), and Alan Price (1942).

British born Musicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL