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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 1,175,220 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Frankie Knuckles is the 1,235th most popular musician (down from 1,104th in 2019), the 6,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,478th in 2019) and the 458th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Frankie Knuckles ranks 1,235 out of 2,662. Before him are Buffy Sainte-Marie, Elton Dean, Efrem Zimbalist, Ralph Siegel, Charles Lloyd, and Vladimir Spivakov. After him are Mic Michaeli, Trent Reznor, Tony Kaye, William Primrose, Tim Hardin, and Zoot Sims.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Frankie Knuckles ranks 240. Before him are Thierry Breton, Milan Bandić, Toshimitsu Motegi, Thomas Hampson, Steven Culp, and Charles Martinet. After him are Teo Fabi, Serge Telle, Mark Boone Junior, Charles Shaughnessy, Aleksandre Chivadze, and Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi. Among people deceased in 2014, Frankie Knuckles ranks 272. Before him are Bobby Womack, Simón Díaz, Amiri Baraka, Marian Seldes, György Lázár, and Joseph Sargent. After him are Atef Ebeid, Richard Hoggart, Milan Horvat, Ara Shiraz, Bernard Agré, and Károly Sándor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frankie Knuckles ranks 6,148 out of 18,182. Before him are Scott Eastwood (1986), Al Smith (1873), Mike D'Antoni (1951), Don Wilson (1954), Charles Lloyd (1938), and Rory Calhoun (1922). After him are Paige Turco (1965), Trent Reznor (1965), Lucy Stone (1818), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), John Fitch (1743), and Horatio Alger (1832).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Frankie Knuckles ranks 458. Before him are Vinnie Paul (1964), George Winston (1949), Blind Willie Johnson (1897), Eric Martin (1960), Daryl Hall (1946), and Charles Lloyd (1938). After him are Trent Reznor (1965), Tim Hardin (1941), Zoot Sims (1925), Joe Sample (1939), Charlie Byrd (1925), and Blind Willie McTell (1898).

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