SINGER

Carl Wilson

1946 - 1998

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Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's de facto leader in the early to mid-1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Wilson has received more than 4,791,570 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Wilson is the 798th most popular singer (down from 770th in 2019), the 4,249th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,367th in 2019) and the 212th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Carl Wilsons by language

Over the past year Carl Wilson has had the most page views in the with 546,280 views, followed by German (45,279), and Spanish (23,466). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (312.93%), Basque (67.60%), and Southern Azerbaijani (65.70%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Carl Wilson ranks 798 out of 4,381Before him are Miliza Korjus, Ville Valo, Ingvar Wixell, Sinn Sisamouth, Guy Béart, and Ljiljana Petrović. After him are Eric Carmen, Fish, Julie London, Rodoljub Roki Vulović, Minnie Riperton, and Lill Lindfors.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Carl Wilson ranks 316Before him are Michel Delpech, Stan Winston, Bernard Maris, Jüri Tarmak, Ibn Warraq, and Birutė Galdikas. After him are Nicholas Clay, Lesley Ann Warren, Tyne Daly, Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, María Baxa, and John Callen. Among people deceased in 1998, Carl Wilson ranks 142Before him are Victor Papanek, Régine Pernoud, Helen Wills, Bertil Nordahl, Eduardo Francisco Pironio, and Jorge Pacheco Areco. After him are Roy Rogers, Laila Schou Nilsen, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Olivier Gendebien, Mahbub ul Haq, and Julio César Britos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Wilson ranks 4,249 out of 20,380Before him are Linda Fiorentino (1958), Gary Coleman (1968), Pat Benatar (1953), Sarah Goodridge (1788), John Paine (1870), and Walter Short (1880). After him are Gregory Jarvis (1944), Samuel Little (1940), Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Jordan Rudess (1956), and Beatrice Straight (1914).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Carl Wilson ranks 212Before him are Patsy Cline (1932), Tammi Terrell (1945), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Big Sean (1988), George Clinton (1941), and Jennifer Warnes (1947). After him are Eric Carmen (1949), Julie London (1926), Minnie Riperton (1947), Gregg Allman (1947), Patti LaBelle (1944), and Little Walter (1930).