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David Crosby

1941 - 2023

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David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, and later as part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, who helped popularize the California sound of the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Crosby has received more than 9,022,425 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). David Crosby is the 354th most popular musician (up from 358th in 2019), the 1,972nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,992nd in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Crosby ranks 354 out of 3,175. Before him are Valery Gergiev, Moby, Ram Narayan, Bo Diddley, Peggy Lee, and Isaac Hayes. After him are John Entwistle, Jack Bruce, Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Tipton, Maurice André, and Michel Polnareff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, David Crosby ranks 131. Before him are Gunpei Yokoi, Florinda Bolkan, Raúl Ruiz, Martha Stewart, Otto Sander, and Akiko Wakabayashi. After him are Mirosław Hermaszewski, Paul Bremer, Carlo Maria Viganò, Ole Nydahl, Rached Ghannouchi, and George Smith. Among people deceased in 2023, David Crosby ranks 130. Before him are Adolf Scherer, Natalie Zemon Davis, Roberto Dinamite, Ray Stevenson, Howard S. Becker, and Kevin Mitnick. After him are Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, David Albahari, Hans Albert, Nina Matviienko, Suzanne Somers, and Denny Laine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Crosby ranks 1,972 out of 20,380. Before him are Pontiac (1714), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Lillian Asplund (1906), Lucille Ball (1911), and Natalie Clifford Barney (1876). After him are Michael Phelps (1985), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Christina Aguilera (1980), Carl Reiner (1922), and Elias Howe (1819).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, David Crosby ranks 102. Before him are Peter Criss (1945), Bruno Mars (1985), Moby (1965), Bo Diddley (1928), Peggy Lee (1920), and Isaac Hayes (1942). After him are Alan Menken (1949), Robert Trujillo (1964), Woody Guthrie (1912), Ry Cooder (1947), Liberace (1919), and Wayne Shorter (1933).

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