MUSICIAN

Chuck Schuldiner

1967 - 2001

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Charles Michael Schuldiner (May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He founded the pioneering Florida death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and only continuous member until his death in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chuck Schuldiner has received more than 2,258,883 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Chuck Schuldiner is the 818th most popular musician (up from 822nd in 2019), the 4,108th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,125th in 2019) and the 255th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chuck Schuldiner ranks 818 out of 3,175Before him are Yusef Lateef, Xaver Scharwenka, Gerry Rafferty, Sylvester Levay, Shigeru Umebayashi, and Marcos Valle. After him are Adam Levine, Dee Dee Warwick, Duško Gojković, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Phil Taylor, and Floyd Council.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Chuck Schuldiner ranks 102Before him are Maher al-Assad, Benny Benassi, Miranda Otto, Kate Walsh, Eddie Guerrero, and Etgar Keret. After him are John Petrucci, Dave Matthews, Kellyanne Conway, Luis Abinader, Saara Kuugongelwa, and Sandrine Bonnaire. Among people deceased in 2001, Chuck Schuldiner ranks 134Before him are Aldo Olivieri, Luiz Bonfá, Ilie Verdeț, Dorothy McGuire, Adhemar da Silva, and David Kipiani. After him are R. K. Narayan, Hilde Holger, Beatrice Straight, Burt Kennedy, J. J. Johnson, and Victor Wong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Schuldiner ranks 4,108 out of 20,380Before him are David Zucker (1947), Clark Gregg (1962), Halton Arp (1927), Chita Rivera (1933), Sarah Clarke (1972), and Warren Oates (1928). After him are Allan Sandage (1926), Chico Marx (1887), David D. Friedman (1945), Adam Levine (1979), Bill Irwin (1950), and Dee Dee Warwick (1942).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Chuck Schuldiner ranks 255Before him are Krist Novoselic (1965), Marky Ramone (1952), T-Bone Walker (1910), Todd Rundgren (1948), Pharoah Sanders (1940), and Yusef Lateef (1920). After him are Adam Levine (1979), Dee Dee Warwick (1942), Floyd Council (1911), John Petrucci (1967), Milt Jackson (1923), and Mike Porcaro (1955).