1949 - Today
William Frederick Gibbons (born December 16, 1949) is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in early 1971. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Gibbons has received more than 6,242,882 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Billy Gibbons is the 339th most popular musician (up from 567th in 2019), the 1,924th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,970th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Billy Gibbons ranks 339 out of 2,662. Before him are Dave Murray, Robby Krieger, Gustavo Santaolalla, Joe Strummer, Buddy Rich, and Don Airey. After him are Jack Bruce, Michael Cretu, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Cliff Williams, Burt Bacharach, and Grigory Sokolov.
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 333
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 334
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 335
1952 - 2002
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 336
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 337
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 338
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 339
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 340
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 341
1922 - 2000
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 342
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 343
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 344
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 345
Among people born in 1949, Billy Gibbons ranks 95. Before him are Dusty Hill, Alan García, Ward Cunningham, Vicky Leandros, Larry Holmes, and Vera Wang. After him are Hamida Djandoubi, Alan Lancaster, Cliff Williams, Victor Garber, Elizabeth George, and Göran Persson.
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 89
1949 - 2019
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 90
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 91
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 92
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 93
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 94
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 95
1949 - 1977
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 96
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 97
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 98
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 99
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 100
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 101
Among people born in United States, Billy Gibbons ranks 1,924 out of 18,182. Before him are Buddy Rich (1917), John Gavin (1931), Patricia Neal (1926), Debra Paget (1933), Nicholas Sparks (1965), and Thomas A. Steitz (1940). After him are Darren Aronofsky (1969), Angie Dickinson (1931), Bruce McCandless II (1937), Jack Kevorkian (1928), Michael Bay (1965), and Alex Jones (1974).
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,918
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,919
1926 - 2010
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,920
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,921
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,922
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,923
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,924
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,925
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,926
1937 - 2017
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,927
1928 - 2011
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,928
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,929
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,930
Among musicians born in United States, Billy Gibbons ranks 102. Before him are Scott McKenzie (1939), Ry Cooder (1947), John Densmore (1944), Ray Conniff (1916), Robby Krieger (1946), and Buddy Rich (1917). After him are Burt Bacharach (1928), Bo Diddley (1928), Liberace (1919), David Crosby (1941), Peter Criss (1945), and Robert Trujillo (1964).
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 96
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 97
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 98
1916 - 2002
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 99
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 100
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 101
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 102
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 103
1928 - 2008
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 104
1919 - 1987
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 105
1941 - 2023
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 106
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 107
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 108