MUSICIAN

Donovan

1946 - Today

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Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965, and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles and albums during the late 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donovan has received more than 6,959,967 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Donovan is the 406th most popular musician (up from 430th in 2019), the 1,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,441st in 2019) and the 80th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Donovan ranks 406 out of 3,175. Before him are Glenn Frey, Ray Conniff, Albert King, Joan Manuel Serrat, Wolfgang Sawallisch, and Jan Kubelík. After him are Joe Perry, Johnny Winter, Bulbul, Alan Walker, Tom Petty, and Domenico Alberti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Donovan ranks 167. Before him are Giuseppe Sinopoli, Malcolm McLaren, Ivan Reitman, Petre Roman, Hanan Ashrawi, and Martin Kove. After him are Brigitte Fossey, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Richard Axel, Stig Blomqvist, Dan McCafferty, and Jim Hines.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donovan ranks 1,364 out of 8,785. Before him are Gary Brooker (1945), George Cayley (1773), Geoff Hurst (1941), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), and Reginald Johnston (1874). After him are Nehemiah Grew (1641), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Cicely Saunders (1918), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Frederick Abel (1827), and Hertha Ayrton (1854).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Donovan ranks 80. Before him are Denny Laine (1944), Andy Fletcher (1961), Ginger Baker (1939), Adrian Smith (1957), Ian Anderson (1947), and Martin Gore (1961). After him are Alan Walker (1997), Geezer Butler (1949), Wallace Hartley (1878), Dan McCafferty (1946), Andy Summers (1942), and Robert Wyatt (1945).

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