1962 - 1986
Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was an American musician who was the bassist for thrash metal band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986. He performed on the band's first three albums, Kill 'Em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984), and Master of Puppets (1986). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cliff Burton has received more than 6,562,074 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Cliff Burton is the 75th most popular musician, the 446th most popular biography from United States (up from 486th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Musician.
Cliff Burton was the bassist for Metallica from 1982-1986. He died in 1986 when Metallica's tour bus crashed in Sweden.
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Among musicians, Cliff Burton ranks 75 out of 2,662. Before him are Syd Barrett, Jon Lord, Amir Khusrow, Cosima Wagner, Alexander Glazunov, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. After him are Iggy Pop, Mstislav Rostropovich, Goran Bregović, Paco de Lucía, Yehudi Menuhin, and Richard Clayderman.
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 69
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 70
1253 - 1325
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 71
1837 - 1930
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 72
1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 73
1927 - 1994
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 74
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 75
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 76
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 77
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 78
1947 - 2014
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 79
1916 - 1999
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 80
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1962, Cliff Burton ranks 5. Before him are Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Jodie Foster, and Mohammed Omar. After him are Frank Rijkaard, Ralph Fiennes, Ruud Gullit, Nicolás Maduro, Demi Moore, David Fincher, and Steve Irwin. Among people deceased in 1986, Cliff Burton ranks 17. Before him are Tenzing Norgay, Joseph Beuys, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jean Genet, Harold Macmillan, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Celâl Bayar, Henry Moore, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, Fritz Albert Lipmann, and Dmitry Kabalevsky.
1962 - Present
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 1
1962 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 2
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 3
1962 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 4
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 5
1962 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 6
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 7
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 8
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 10
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 11
1962 - 2006
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 12
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 11
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
1887 - 1986
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 13
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 14
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1900 - 1986
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 16
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 17
1883 - 1986
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 18
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 19
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 20
1902 - 1986
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 21
1899 - 1986
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 22
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Cliff Burton ranks 446 out of 18,182. Before him are Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Joan Crawford (1904), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Gordon Allport (1897), and Tennessee Williams (1911). After him are Montgomery Clift (1920), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Glenn Close (1947), Pat Morita (1932), and Jim Jones (1931).
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 440
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 441
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 442
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 443
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 444
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 445
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 446
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 447
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 448
1942 - 1994
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 449
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 450
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 451
1931 - 1978
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 452
Among musicians born in United States, Cliff Burton ranks 19. Before him are Bruce Springsteen (1949), Chuck Berry (1926), Charlie Parker (1920), Robert Johnson (1911), Chet Baker (1929), and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959). After him are Iggy Pop (1947), Yehudi Menuhin (1916), John Coltrane (1926), Lou Reed (1942), Paul Simon (1941), and Duke Ellington (1899).
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
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 24
1899 - 1974
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 25