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Donald Byrd

1932 - 2013

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Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Byrd has received more than 876,833 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Donald Byrd is the 940th most popular musician (down from 903rd in 2019), the 4,640th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,477th in 2019) and the 327th most popular American Musician.

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  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Donald Byrd ranks 940 out of 2,662. Before him are Rob Zombie, John Mellencamp, Pink Anderson, Sabicas, Mikhail Pletnev, and Gary Peacock. After him are Gene Autry, Kid Ory, Hank Mobley, Duško Gojković, Phil Campbell, and Kyung Wha Chung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Donald Byrd ranks 229. Before him are Vasco de Almeida e Costa, Eusébio Scheid, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Jean Stablinski, Solange Berry, and Erró. After him are Albert Collins, Yakir Aharonov, Parry O'Brien, Sanpei Shirato, Ted Cassidy, and Elaine May. Among people deceased in 2013, Donald Byrd ranks 218. Before him are Arik Einstein, Franca Rame, Wadih El Safi, Tommy Morrison, Mirko Kovač, and Ceija Stojka. After him are Sarah Kirsch, Aleksandr Serebrov, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Jonathan Winters, Henning Larsen, and Iain Banks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Byrd ranks 4,640 out of 18,182. Before him are Janet Asimov (1926), William R. Pogue (1930), James R. Schlesinger (1929), Lester Germer (1896), John Kitzmiller (1913), and Pete Rose (1941). After him are Michael McKean (1947), Gene Autry (1907), Kylie Jenner (1997), W. C. Handy (1873), Kid Ory (1886), and Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Donald Byrd ranks 327. Before him are John Scofield (1951), Rick James (1948), Rob Zombie (1965), John Mellencamp (1951), Pink Anderson (1900), and Gary Peacock (1935). After him are Gene Autry (1907), Kid Ory (1886), Hank Mobley (1930), Albert Collins (1932), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), and Pitbull (1981).

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