MUSICIAN

Dennis Wilson

1944 - 1983

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Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was a musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. Dennis was the only true surfer in the Beach Boys, and his personal life exemplified the "California Myth" that the band's early songs often celebrated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Wilson has received more than 9,099,579 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Dennis Wilson is the 399th most popular musician (up from 453rd in 2019), the 2,215th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,465th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dennis Wilson ranks 399 out of 3,175. Before him are Martin Gore, Buddy Rich, Lucio Battisti, Dexter Gordon, Billy Gibbons, and Ben Webster. After him are Glenn Frey, Ray Conniff, Albert King, Joan Manuel Serrat, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Jan Kubelík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Dennis Wilson ranks 168. Before him are Yury Romanenko, Albert Hammond, Bernard Tschumi, Marc Ouellet, Richard Ford, and Brenda Lee. After him are Stockard Channing, Johnny Winter, Peter Mayhew, Alan Stivell, Pattie Boyd, and Adriano Galliani. Among people deceased in 1983, Dennis Wilson ranks 56. Before him are Kurt Tank, Karen Carpenter, Norma Shearer, Marianne Brandt, Horst Schumann, and Victor Turner. After him are Walter Stennes, Igor Markevitch, Arno Babajanian, Jean Rey, Tino Rossi, and Piero Sraffa.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Wilson ranks 2,215 out of 20,380. Before him are Selena Gomez (1992), William Le Baron Jenney (1832), Gloria Steinem (1934), Robert Sternberg (1949), Brenda Lee (1944), and Ben Webster (1909). After him are Curtis LeMay (1906), Kate Capshaw (1953), Patrick Duffy (1949), Howard Martin Temin (1934), Stockard Channing (1944), and Lloyd Shapley (1923).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Dennis Wilson ranks 116. Before him are Ornette Coleman (1930), Tony Levin (1946), Buddy Rich (1917), Dexter Gordon (1923), Billy Gibbons (1949), and Ben Webster (1909). After him are Glenn Frey (1948), Ray Conniff (1916), Albert King (1923), Joe Perry (1950), Johnny Winter (1944), and Tom Petty (1950).

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