1944 - 2015
Edgar Willmar Froese (German: [ˈɛtɡaʁ ˈfʁøːzə]; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group until his death. His solo and group recordings prior to 2003 name him as "Edgar Froese", and his later solo albums bear the name "Edgar W. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar Froese has received more than 529,309 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edgar Froese is the 579th most popular musician (up from 683rd in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from Russia (up from 922nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Musician.
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Among musicians, Edgar Froese ranks 579 out of 2,662. Before him are David A. Stewart, Chad Smith, Lev Oborin, Tico Torres, Rachid Taha, and Eric Woolfson. After him are DJ BoBo, Victor Young, Tim Rice, Paul Tortelier, Phil Lynott, and Al Di Meola.
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 573
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 574
1907 - 1974
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 575
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 576
1958 - 2018
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 577
1945 - 2009
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 578
1944 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 579
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 580
1900 - 1956
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 581
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 582
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 583
1949 - 1986
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 584
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 585
Among people born in 1944, Edgar Froese ranks 206. Before him are Goukouni Oueddei, Oleg Yankovsky, Phillip Allen Sharp, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, Candy Darling, and Raymond Moody. After him are Tim Rice, James Michel, Mordechai Spiegler, Stockard Channing, Adriano Galliani, and Ard Schenk. Among people deceased in 2015, Edgar Froese ranks 117. Before him are Omar Karami, Arsen Dedić, Lesley Gore, Kemal Monteno, Roger Hanin, and Natalie Cole. After him are Ernst Fuchs, Guy Ligier, Geoffrey Lewis, Douglas Tompkins, Aleksei Gubarev, and Chea Sim.
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 200
1944 - 2009
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 201
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 202
1944 - 1975
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 203
1944 - 1974
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 204
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 205
1944 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 206
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 207
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 208
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 209
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 210
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 211
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 212
1934 - 2015
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 111
1938 - 2015
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 112
1946 - 2015
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 113
1948 - 2015
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 114
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 115
1950 - 2015
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 116
1944 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 117
1930 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 118
1930 - 2015
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 119
1935 - 2015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 120
1943 - 2015
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 121
1931 - 2015
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 122
1932 - 2015
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 123
Among people born in Russia, Edgar Froese ranks 854 out of 3,262. Before him are Lev Oborin (1907), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Vladimir of Novgorod (1020), Semyon Bychkov (1952), and Irena Szewińska (1946). After him are Sergei Korsakoff (1854), Patriarch Sergius of Moscow (1867), Alexei Tupolev (1925), Friedrich von Lütke (1797), Alexander Tamanian (1878), and Fyodor Sologub (1863).
1907 - 1974
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 848
1900 - 1973
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 849
1937 - 2020
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 850
1020 - 1052
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 851
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 852
1946 - 2018
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 853
1944 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 854
1854 - 1900
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 855
1867 - 1944
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 856
1925 - 2001
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 857
1797 - 1882
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 858
1878 - 1936
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 859
1863 - 1927
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 860
Among musicians born in Russia, Edgar Froese ranks 10. Before him are Valery Gergiev (1953), Grigory Sokolov (1950), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Alexander Gradsky (1949), Maria Yudina (1899), and Lev Oborin (1907). After him are Vladimir Sofronitsky (1901), Lazar Berman (1930), Nikolai Zverev (1832), Evgeny Kissin (1971), Rudolf Barshai (1924), and Nikolai Noskov (1956).
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 5
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 6
1949 - 2021
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 7
1899 - 1970
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 8
1907 - 1974
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 9
1944 - 2015
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 10
1901 - 1961
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 11
1930 - 2005
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 12
1832 - 1893
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 13
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 14
1924 - 2010
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 15
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 16