MUSICIAN

Frankie Knuckles

1955 - 2014

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Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music, a genre of music that began in Chicago during the early 1980s and subsequently spread worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frankie Knuckles has received more than 1,273,808 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Frankie Knuckles is the 1,417th most popular musician (down from 1,232nd in 2019), the 7,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,135th in 2019) and the 506th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Frankie Knuckles ranks 1,417 out of 3,175. Before him are Blind Willie Johnson, Howard Donald, Kee Marcello, Jason Bonham, Anneke van Giersbergen, and Julius Katchen. After him are Bev Bevan, Gordon Haskell, Roy Thomas Baker, Craig Jones, Vinny Appice, and Steve Aoki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Frankie Knuckles ranks 311. Before him are Andreas Maislinger, S. Jaishankar, Deborra-Lee Furness, Claudia Roth, Hippolyte Girardot, and Ünal Üstel. After him are Carol Shaw, Zbigniew Rau, Chen Quanguo, Susan Dougan, David Twohy, and K. Eric Drexler. Among people deceased in 2014, Frankie Knuckles ranks 335. Before him are Dietmar Schönherr, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jacques Barrot, Els Borst, Tony Benn, and Jonathan Williams. After him are Miloslava Rezková, J. E. Freeman, James Foley, Lori Sandri, China Zorrilla, and Efua Dorkenoo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frankie Knuckles ranks 7,091 out of 20,380. Before him are William M. Tweed (1823), Walter Block (1941), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Lloyd Kaufman (1945), and Tina Weymouth (1950). After him are Terry Bradshaw (1948), Charles Roven (1949), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), Thaddeus Stevens (1792), Curly Howard (1903), and Roy Thomas (1940).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Frankie Knuckles ranks 506. Before him are George Winston (1949), Mary Travers (1936), Dave Navarro (1967), Utada Hikaru (1983), Blind Willie Johnson (1897), and Julius Katchen (1926). After him are Craig Jones (1972), Vinny Appice (1957), Steve Aoki (1977), Dizzy Reed (1963), Mick Thomson (1973), and Timothy B. Schmit (1947).

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