1938 - 2020
William Harrison "Bill" Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a relatively short career of 15 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977), and "Just the Two of Us" (1981). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Withers has received more than 4,681,853 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Bill Withers is the 174th most popular singer (up from 385th in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,207th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Bill Withers ranks 174 out of 3,541. Before him are Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Al Jarreau, Ofra Haza, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Laura Branigan, and Beniamino Gigli. After him are David Coverdale, Esma Redžepova, Bob Geldof, Tori Amos, Barbara Strozzi, and Falco.
1737 - 1814
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 168
1940 - 2017
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 169
1957 - 2000
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 170
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 171
1952 - 2004
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 172
1890 - 1957
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 173
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 174
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 175
1943 - 2016
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 176
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 177
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 178
1619 - 1677
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 179
1957 - 1998
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 180
Among people born in 1938, Bill Withers ranks 64. Before him are István Szabó, Elliott Gould, Terence Stamp, Kurt Wüthrich, J. J. Cale, and Anthony James Leggett. After him are Ayaz Mutallibov, Dean Reed, Derek Jacobi, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Etta James, and Wim Kok. Among people deceased in 2020, Bill Withers ranks 65. Before him are Gene Deitch, Ulay, Jiří Menzel, Buck Henry, Ida Haendel, and Clive Cussler. After him are Terry Jones, Kelly Preston, Honor Blackman, Vera Lynn, Robert Shavlakadze, and Ken Shimura.
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 58
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 59
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 60
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 61
1938 - 2013
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 62
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 63
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 64
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 65
1938 - 1986
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 66
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 67
1938 - 2010
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 68
1938 - 2012
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 69
1938 - 2018
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 70
1924 - 2020
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 59
1943 - 2020
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 60
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 61
1930 - 2020
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 62
1928 - 2020
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 63
1931 - 2020
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 64
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 65
1942 - 2020
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 66
1962 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 67
1925 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 68
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 69
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 70
1950 - 2020
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 71
Among people born in United States, Bill Withers ranks 1,108 out of 15,968. Before him are Charles Ives (1874), Powers Boothe (1948), Laura Branigan (1952), Sacagawea (1780), Bruce Dern (1936), and Lewis A. Swift (1820). After him are Robert Aldrich (1918), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), David Lee (1931), Richard Winters (1918), Daniel Dennett (1942), and Blake Edwards (1922).
1874 - 1954
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 1,102
1948 - 2017
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 1,103
1952 - 2004
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 1,104
1780 - 1812
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 1,105
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 1,106
1820 - 1913
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 1,107
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 1,108
1918 - 1983
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 1,109
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 1,110
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 1,111
1918 - 2011
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 1,112
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 1,113
1922 - 2010
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 1,114
Among singers born in United States, Bill Withers ranks 57. Before him are Otis Redding (1941), John Denver (1943), Chester Bennington (1976), Tony Bennett (1926), Al Jarreau (1940), and Laura Branigan (1952). After him are Tori Amos (1963), Mario Lanza (1921), Etta James (1938), Britney Spears (1981), Sam Cooke (1931), and Dr. Dre (1965).
1941 - 1967
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 51
1943 - 1997
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 52
1976 - 2017
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 53
1926 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 54
1940 - 2017
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 55
1952 - 2004
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 56
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 57
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 58
1921 - 1959
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 59
1938 - 2012
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 60
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 61
1931 - 1964
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 62
1965 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 63