MUSICIAN

David Cross

1949 - Today

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David Cross (born 23 April 1949 in Turnchapel near Plymouth, England) is an English electric violinist and keyboardist best known for playing with progressive rock band King Crimson from 1972 to 1974. Cross appears on their studio albums Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973) and Starless and Bible Black (1974), as well as "Providence", a live track on Red (1974), in addition to live albums USA (1975) and The Night Watch (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Cross has received more than 9,260,097 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. David Cross is the 1,534th most popular musician (up from 1,634th in 2019), the 4,009th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,174th in 2019) and the 246th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Crosses by language

Over the past year David Cross has had the most page views in the with 1,149,277 views, followed by Polish (5,059), and Japanese (3,503). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (218.78%), Arabic (80.00%), and Egyptian Arabic (77.88%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, David Cross ranks 1,534 out of 3,175. Before him are Nick Menza, Hal David, Nils Lofgren, František Ondříček, Edo de Waart, and Elliott Smith. After him are Marc-André Hamelin, Zoot Sims, John Levén, Joe Hahn, Rick Allen, and Warren Zevon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, David Cross ranks 499. Before him are Marek Jędraszewski, Lyubov Polishchuk, Jamaica Kincaid, Karel Lismont, Jon Avnet, and Queen Aishwarya of Nepal. After him are Helmut Kremers, Yuri Baturin, Claude Papi, Larisa Petrik, Iris Marion Young, and Michael Häupl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Cross ranks 4,009 out of 8,785. Before him are Kevin McKidd (1973), Sax Rohmer (1883), Brian Naylor (1923), Mary Garden (1874), William Robertson (1721), and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841). After him are Roy Bentley (1924), Ivor Allchurch (1929), Robert Whitehead (1823), David Beaton (1494), Aaron Ramsey (1990), and Michael Ruse (1940).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, David Cross ranks 246. Before him are Elton Dean (1945), Liam Howlett (1971), Michael Giles (1942), Maxim (1967), John Powell (1963), and Robin Trower (1945). After him are Rick Allen (1963), Ronnie Lane (1946), Jason Orange (1970), Dennis Brain (1921), John Sykes (1959), and Richard Rodney Bennett (1936).

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