MUSICIAN

Floyd Westerman

1936 - 2007

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Floyd Westerman (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007) was a Sisseton Dakota musician, political activist, and actor. After establishing a career as a country music singer, later in his life he became an actor, usually depicting Native American elders in American films and television. He is also credited as Floyd Red Crow Westerman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Floyd Westerman has received more than 476,849 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Floyd Westerman is the 1,148th most popular musician (down from 845th in 2019), the 5,634th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,206th in 2019) and the 401st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 480k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Floyd Westerman ranks 1,148 out of 3,175. Before him are Scott LaFaro, Sophie Menter, Viguen, Klaus Doldinger, Tamás Vásáry, and Lūcija Garūta. After him are Joey Kramer, Shura Cherkassky, Country Joe McDonald, Big Bill Broonzy, Andrew Loog Oldham, and Desmond Child.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Floyd Westerman ranks 323. Before him are Giora Feidman, Brian Blessed, Brian Hart, Vyjayanthimala Bali, Scott LaFaro, and Klaus Doldinger. After him are Juan Santisteban, Victor Lanoux, James Harrison, Zhong Nanshan, Robert W. Floyd, and Òscar Ribas Reig. Among people deceased in 2007, Floyd Westerman ranks 221. Before him are Alan Ball Jr., Paulinho de Almeida, Karen Spärck Jones, Betty Hutton, Édouard Gagnon, and Isidore Isou. After him are Petr Eben, Ernesto Alonso, Frankie Laine, Huang Ju, Tammy Faye Messner, and Hallgeir Brenden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Floyd Westerman ranks 5,634 out of 20,380. Before him are Melinda Culea (1955), Art Carney (1918), Harold Lockwood (1887), Shelley Long (1949), Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), and Roger E. Mosley (1938). After him are Joey Kramer (1950), Julian Beck (1925), Eugene McCarthy (1916), Jesse L. Lasky (1880), Rey Mysterio (1974), and Chief Joseph (1840).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Floyd Westerman ranks 401. Before him are Glenn Danzig (1955), Gary Peacock (1935), Travis Barker (1975), Bruce Kulick (1953), Paul Butterfield (1942), and Scott LaFaro (1936). After him are Joey Kramer (1950), Country Joe McDonald (1942), Big Bill Broonzy (1903), Desmond Child (1953), Ray Barretto (1929), and Frankie Laine (1913).

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