1948 - Today
William Thomas Ward (born 5 May 1948) is an English musician and visual artist, best known as the original drummer of British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Ward has received more than 31,806 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Bill Ward is the 343rd most popular musician (up from 474th in 2019), the 1,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,509th in 2019) and the 71st most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Bill Ward ranks 343 out of 2,675. Before him are John Entwistle, Jacob Gade, Dave Murray, Roger Whittaker, Robby Krieger, and Leopold Godowsky. After him are Bobby McFerrin, Enrico Macias, Joe Strummer, Sérgio Mendes, Farid al-Atrash, and Jack Bruce.
1944 - 2002
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 337
1879 - 1963
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 338
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 339
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 340
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 341
1870 - 1938
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 342
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 343
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 344
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 345
1952 - 2002
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 346
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 347
1910 - 1974
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 348
1943 - 2014
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 349
Among people born in 1948, Bill Ward ranks 84. Before him are Susan Atkins, Johnny Ramone, Amadou Toumani Touré, Charles Simonyi, Nicolae Timofti, and Billy Crystal. After him are Salvador Puig Antich, Theo Jansen, István Sándorfi, William Daniel Phillips, Charles Taylor, and Ichirou Mizuki.
1948 - 2009
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 78
1948 - 2004
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 79
1948 - 2020
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 80
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 81
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 82
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 83
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 84
1948 - 1974
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 85
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 86
1948 - 2007
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 87
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 88
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 89
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 90
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bill Ward ranks 1,204 out of 6,924. Before him are Horace Walpole (1717), Jill Ireland (1936), John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792), Emily Watson (1967), William Walton (1902), and Jeffrey Archer (1940). After him are Edward Lear (1812), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Glenn Hughes (1951), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), and Lewis Hamilton (1985).
1717 - 1797
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,198
1936 - 1990
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 1,199
1792 - 1878
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 1,200
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,201
1902 - 1983
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,202
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,203
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,204
1812 - 1888
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,205
1889 - 1943
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,206
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,207
1965 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,208
812 - 862
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,209
1985 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,210
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Bill Ward ranks 71. Before him are John McLaughlin (1942), Geezer Butler (1949), PJ Harvey (1969), Ken Hensley (1945), John Entwistle (1944), and Dave Murray (1956). After him are Jack Bruce (1943), Adrian Smith (1957), Mick Taylor (1949), Ian Anderson (1947), Andy Summers (1942), and Martin Gore (1961).
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 65
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 66
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 67
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 68
1944 - 2002
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 69
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 70
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 71
1943 - 2014
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 72
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 73
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 74
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 75
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 76
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 77