1929 - 1988
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals: Chet Baker Sings (1954) and It Could Happen to You (1958). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chet Baker has received more than 5,166,482 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Chet Baker is the 64th most popular musician (up from 66th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from United States (up from 416th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Musician.
Chet Baker is most famous for being a jazz trumpeter and singer. He was also a heroin addict and died of an overdose in 1988.
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Among musicians, Chet Baker ranks 64 out of 2,662. Before him are Robert Johnson, Ritchie Blackmore, Giorgio Moroder, Pablo Casals, Glenn Gould, and Pablo de Sarasate. After him are Django Reinhardt, Carlos Santana, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, André Rieu, Syd Barrett, and Jon Lord.
1911 - 1938
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 58
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 59
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 60
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 61
1932 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 62
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 63
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 64
1910 - 1953
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 65
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 66
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 67
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 68
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 69
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1929, Chet Baker ranks 26. Before him are Alejandro Jodorowsky, Christopher Plummer, Irene Papas, Michael Ende, Sándor Kocsis, and Peter Higgs. After him are Oriana Fallaci, Karolos Papoulias, Tigran Petrosian, Babrak Karmal, Graham Hill, and Djalma Santos. Among people deceased in 1988, Chet Baker ranks 7. Before him are Richard Feynman, Enzo Ferrari, Georgy Malenkov, Nico, Valery Legasov, and Ernst Ruska. After him are Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Robert A. Heinlein, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Kim Philby.
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 20
1929 - 2021
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 21
1929 - 2022
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 22
1929 - 1995
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 23
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 24
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 25
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 26
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 27
1929 - 2021
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 28
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 29
1929 - 1996
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 30
1929 - 1975
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 31
1929 - 2013
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 32
1918 - 1988
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 1
1898 - 1988
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 2
1902 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 3
1938 - 1988
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 4
1936 - 1988
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 5
1906 - 1988
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 6
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 7
1904 - 1988
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 8
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 9
1898 - 1988
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 10
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 11
1910 - 1988
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 12
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 13
Among people born in United States, Chet Baker ranks 382 out of 18,182. Before him are Dan Brown (1964), Zachary Taylor (1784), Kurt Cobain (1967), Dian Fossey (1932), David Carradine (1936), and Kathy Bates (1948). After him are Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Kurt Russell (1951), Nicole Kidman (1967), Kevin Costner (1955), Jeff Bridges (1949), and Charles Goodyear (1800).
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 376
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 377
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 378
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 379
1936 - 2009
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 380
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 381
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 382
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 383
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 384
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 385
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 386
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 387
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 388
Among musicians born in United States, Chet Baker ranks 17. Before him are B.B. King (1925), Brian Wilson (1942), Bruce Springsteen (1949), Chuck Berry (1926), Charlie Parker (1920), and Robert Johnson (1911). After him are Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Cliff Burton (1962), Iggy Pop (1947), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), John Coltrane (1926), and Lou Reed (1942).
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 13
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 14
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 15
1911 - 1938
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 16
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 17
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 18
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 19
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 20
1916 - 1999
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 21
1926 - 1967
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 22
1942 - 2013
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 23