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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 4,831,656 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Carl Wilson is the 772nd most popular singer (up from 874th in 2019), the 4,379th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,977th in 2019) and the 220th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Carl Wilson ranks 772 out of 3,528. Before him are Ileana Cotrubaș, Naomi Shemer, Ville Valo, Sylvester, Nicky Hopkins, and Brigitte Fontaine. After him are Billy Vaughn, Leon Russell, Stelios Kazantzidis, Kim Larsen, Maria Carta, and Luiz Gonzaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Carl Wilson ranks 283. Before him are George Duke, Paul Davies, Dan O'Bannon, Johnson Toribiong, John Spencer, and Moritz Leuenberger. After him are Robert Metcalfe, Davorin Popović, Suzanne Somers, Aleksander Wolszczan, Jacques Tardi, and Minoru Kobata. Among people deceased in 1998, Carl Wilson ranks 134. Before him are Bertil Nordahl, Gérard Grisey, Mariano Martín, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Samuel Eilenberg, and Antonio Saura. After him are Jorge Pacheco Areco, Bob Martin, Michèle Arnaud, Eric Ambler, E. G. Marshall, and Nazim al-Qudsi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Wilson ranks 4,379 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Yates (1926), Charles F. Brush (1849), Greg Mankiw (1958), Harrison Ford (1884), Tom Mix (1880), and Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924). After him are Anthony Heald (1944), RuPaul (1960), Billy Vaughn (1919), Barbara Babcock (1937), Robert Metcalfe (1946), and Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Carl Wilson ranks 220. Before him are Kathleen Battle (1948), Tiny Tim (1932), Eva Cassidy (1963), Anita O'Day (1919), Pat Boone (1934), and Sylvester (1947). After him are Billy Vaughn (1919), Leon Russell (1942), Joan Osborne (1962), Ronnie Van Zant (1948), Jackie Wilson (1934), and Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893).

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