1936 - 1959
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buddy Holly has received more than 11,096,027 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Buddy Holly is the 101st most popular musician (down from 96th in 2019), the 637th most popular biography from United States (down from 553rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Musician.
Buddy Holly is most famous for being the first rock and roll artist to have a number one hit with "That'll Be The Day."
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Among musicians, Buddy Holly ranks 101 out of 2,675. Before him are Victor Borge, Gary Moore, Charlie Watts, Hans von Bülow, Mike Oldfield, and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. After him are Gheorghe Zamfir, Paul Mauriat, Glenn Miller, Andrés Segovia, John Bonham, and Alice Cooper.
1909 - 2000
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 95
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 96
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 97
1830 - 1894
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 98
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 99
1644 - 1704
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 100
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 101
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 102
1925 - 2006
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 103
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 104
1893 - 1987
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 105
1948 - 1980
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 106
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 107
Among people born in 1936, Buddy Holly ranks 35. Before him are Georges Perec, Harald zur Hausen, Albert Finney, Jim Clark, Burt Reynolds, and Zubin Mehta. After him are Roy Orbison, Margaret Hamilton, Virna Lisi, Tariq Aziz, Benedict Anderson, and Steve Reich. Among people deceased in 1959, Buddy Holly ranks 17. Before him are Camilo Cienfuegos, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Billie Holiday, George Grosz, Shirō Ishii, and Adolf Windaus. After him are Ritchie Valens, Bohuslav Martinů, Alfred Schütz, Edward C. Tolman, Arthur Cecil Pigou, and Mike Hawthorn.
1936 - 1982
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 29
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 30
1936 - 2019
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 31
1936 - 1968
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 32
1936 - 2018
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 33
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 34
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 35
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 36
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 37
1936 - 2014
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 38
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 39
1936 - 2015
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 41
1932 - 1959
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 11
1887 - 1959
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 12
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 13
1893 - 1959
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 14
1892 - 1959
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 15
1876 - 1959
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 16
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 17
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 18
1890 - 1959
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 19
1899 - 1959
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 20
1886 - 1959
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 21
1877 - 1959
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 22
1929 - 1959
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Buddy Holly ranks 637 out of 15,968. Before him are Mickey Rooney (1920), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Alan Arkin (1934), Donna Summer (1948), and Frances Farmer (1913). After him are Ali MacGraw (1939), Roy Orbison (1936), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Charles Taze Russell (1852), Benjamin Thompson (1753), and Robert Mitchum (1917).
1920 - 2014
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 631
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 632
1904 - 1971
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 633
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 634
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 635
1913 - 1970
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 636
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 637
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 638
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 639
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 640
1852 - 1916
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 641
1753 - 1814
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 642
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 643
Among musicians born in United States, Buddy Holly ranks 28. Before him are Duke Ellington (1899), Cliff Burton (1962), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Nat King Cole (1919), Lou Reed (1942), and Benny Goodman (1909). After him are Glenn Miller (1904), Alice Cooper (1948), Ritchie Valens (1941), Bill Evans (1929), Don Shirley (1927), and Ray Manzarek (1939).
1899 - 1974
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 22
1962 - 1986
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 23
1916 - 1999
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 24
1919 - 1965
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 25
1942 - 2013
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 26
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 27
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 28
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 29
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 30
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 31
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 32
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 33
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 34