MUSICIAN

Ed O'Brien

1968 - Today

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Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter and member of the rock band Radiohead. He releases solo music under the name EOB. O'Brien attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, where he formed Radiohead with schoolmates. O'Brien said his role was to "service the songs" and support the songwriter, Thom Yorke. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed O'Brien has received more than 1,249,751 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Ed O'Brien is the 1,884th most popular musician (up from 1,916th in 2019), the 4,780th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,768th in 2019) and the 309th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ed O'Briens by language

Over the past year Ed O'Brien has had the most page views in the with 157,993 views, followed by Spanish (14,660), and Russian (8,978). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Lithuanian (958.14%), German (363.49%), and Indonesian (137.46%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ed O'Brien ranks 1,884 out of 3,175. Before him are Sheila Jordan, Kevin Moore, George Russell, Randy Weston, Fenriz, and Hirokazu Tanaka. After him are Blue Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, D. H. Peligro, Suzanne Ciani, Graham Coxon, and Steve Rothery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ed O'Brien ranks 316. Before him are Akihiko Hoshide, Princess Delphine of Belgium, Leonid Slutsky, José Luis Sierra, Yang Xinhai, and Anthony Michael Hall. After him are Norihiro Yagi, Rick J. Jordan, Vano Merabishvili, Alain Sutter, Antonio de la Torre, and Hu Jun.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ed O'Brien ranks 4,780 out of 8,785. Before him are James Gibbs (1682), Nigel Lawson (1932), Susan Cooper (1935), Patricia Quinn (1944), Thomas Button (1575), and Henry Tate (1819). After him are Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781), Grahame Clark (1907), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), Daniel Massey (1933), Mary Midgley (1919), and Geoffrey Unsworth (1914).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ed O'Brien ranks 309. Before him are Mick Abrahams (1943), Derek Bailey (1930), Pete Quaife (1943), Jim Lea (1949), Glyn Johns (1942), and Lionel Tertis (1876). After him are Steve Rothery (1959), Stanley Sadie (1930), Neil Innes (1944), Rupert Holmes (1947), Guy Berryman (1978), and Richard Ashcroft (1971).

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