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MUSICIAN

Chester Thompson

1948 - Today

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Chester Thompson (born December 11, 1948) is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, Genesis and Phil Collins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester Thompson has received more than 697,279 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chester Thompson is the 1,092nd most popular musician (down from 1,073rd in 2019), the 5,314th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,363rd in 2019) and the 397th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chester Thompson ranks 1,092 out of 2,662Before her are Bobby Keys, Johnny Clegg, Renée Fleming, Roy Harper, André Navarra, and Hank Marvin. After her are Linda Perry, Paul Bley, Buckethead, Carl Cox, Lou Donaldson, and Charles Dancla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Chester Thompson ranks 331Before her are Ray Clemence, Joaquín Almunia, Otto Waalkes, Gregory Itzin, Josef Hickersberger, and Lojze Peterle. After her are Meir Shalev, Margaret Weis, Norbert Lammert, Clarence Thomas, Alexander McCall Smith, and Fred Hampton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Thompson ranks 5,314 out of 18,182Before her are Louis J. Mordell (1888), Catherine Bach (1954), Gregory Itzin (1948), Helen Wills (1905), Andy Samberg (1978), and Joe Montana (1956). After her are Benjamin Rush (1745), Lizabeth Scott (1922), Rachel Ticotin (1958), Simon Helberg (1980), Linda Perry (1965), and Nita Naldi (1894).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Chester Thompson ranks 397Before her are Helen Merrill (1930), Glenn Danzig (1955), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Richard Marx (1963), Bobby Keys (1943), and Renée Fleming (1959). After her are Linda Perry (1965), Buckethead (1969), Lou Donaldson (1926), Ray Barretto (1929), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), and Wynton Marsalis (1961).