1941 - Today
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously lead vocalist of R&B and rock band The Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Burdon has received more than 4,912,528 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Eric Burdon is the 120th most popular singer (up from 144th in 2019), the 565th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 696th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Singer.
Eric Burdon is most famous for being the lead singer of the British rock band The Animals.
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Among singers, Eric Burdon ranks 120 out of 3,528. Before him are Marvin Gaye, Annie Lennox, Carmen Miranda, Harry Belafonte, Bryan Adams, and Maria Malibran. After him are Sylvie Vartan, Peter Gabriel, Tom Jones, Jon Bon Jovi, Gloria Estefan, and Sandra.
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 114
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 115
1909 - 1955
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 116
1927 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 117
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 118
1808 - 1836
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 119
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 120
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 121
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 122
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 123
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 124
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 125
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 126
Among people born in 1941, Eric Burdon ranks 51. Before him are Anne Rice, Jürgen Prochnow, Chick Corea, Bobby Moore, Ryan O'Neal, and Michael D. Higgins. After him are Ivan Gašparovič, Mahmoud Darwish, Ritchie Valens, Jordi Savall, Jules A. Hoffmann, and Abdelkader Bensalah.
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 46
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 47
1941 - 1993
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 48
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 49
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 50
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 51
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 52
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 53
1941 - 1959
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 54
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 55
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 56
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 57
Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Burdon ranks 565 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (1964), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), James Clark Ross (1800), Bob Hoskins (1942), Jean Simmons (1929), and James Dewar (1842). After him are James II of Scotland (1430), Thomas Savery (1650), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Frederick Forsyth (1938), Peter Gabriel (1950), and Richard Arkwright (1732).
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 559
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 560
1800 - 1862
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 561
1942 - 2014
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 562
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 563
1842 - 1923
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 564
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 565
1430 - 1460
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 566
1650 - 1715
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 567
1850 - 1942
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 568
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 569
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 570
1732 - 1792
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 571
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Eric Burdon ranks 16. Before him are Kate Bush (1958), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Morrissey (1959), Robert Plant (1948), and Annie Lennox (1954). After him are Peter Gabriel (1950), Tom Jones (1940), Bruce Dickinson (1958), Chris Norman (1950), Chris Rea (1951), and David Coverdale (1951).
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 14
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 18
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 19
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 22