MUSICIAN

Don Airey

1948 - Today

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Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Airey has received more than 1,156,366 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Don Airey is the 314th most popular musician (up from 338th in 2019), the 1,090th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,189th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Musician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Don Airey ranks 314 out of 3,175. Before him are Phil Rudd, Joe Satriani, Friedrich Kalkbrenner, Richard Z. Kruspe, Jacques Dutronc, and Robby Krieger. After him are Fats Domino, Manu Dibango, Stevie Young, Per Gessle, Joe Zawinul, and Lee Soo-man.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Don Airey ranks 104. Before him are Jesper Christensen, Toshio Suzuki, Stevie Nicks, Ichirou Mizuki, Shaul Mofaz, and Billy Crystal. After him are Salvador Puig Antich, Akira Yoshino, Mark Phillips, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Hans Rosling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Don Airey ranks 1,090 out of 8,785. Before him are Dirk Bogarde (1921), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Honor Blackman (1925), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Ryan Giggs (1973), and John Tenniel (1820). After him are E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), William Henry (1774), Helen McCrory (1968), Seamus Heaney (1939), Joseph Swan (1828), and Matilda of Scotland (1080).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Don Airey ranks 66. Before him are Slash (1965), Roger Daltrey (1944), Ian Curtis (1956), John Mayall (1933), Cozy Powell (1947), and Nicko McBrain (1952). After him are Stevie Young (1956), John McLaughlin (1942), George Young (1946), Dave Murray (1956), John Entwistle (1944), and Jack Bruce (1943).

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