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Gary Numan

1958 - Today

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Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two studio albums with the band, he released his debut solo studio album The Pleasure Principle in 1979, topping the UK Albums Chart. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Numan has received more than 4,705,728 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Gary Numan is the 1,319th most popular singer (down from 1,093rd in 2019), the 3,555th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,173rd in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gary Numan ranks 1,319 out of 4,381. Before him are Emma Abbott, Måns Zelmerlöw, Aygün Kazımova, Kvitka Cisyk, Miguel Fleta, and Abbey Lincoln. After him are Concha Piquer, Philippe Jaroussky, Lena Valaitis, Greetje Kauffeld, Shirley Verrett, and Marie Myriam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Gary Numan ranks 241. Before him are Susanna Thompson, Lolita Flores, Eddie Cheever, Elisabeth Andreassen, Jeannie Longo, and Bruno Dumont. After him are Vlado Goreski, Sheree J. Wilson, Hiroshi Yoshida, Amanda Bearse, Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gary Numan ranks 3,555 out of 8,785. Before him are David Wilkie (1785), William Huskisson (1770), John Richardson (1787), Marmaduke Tunstall (1743), Roy Jenkins (1920), and Catherine McCormack (1972). After him are Thomas Morley (1557), Jonny Greenwood (1971), Hilda of Whitby (614), Thomas Walker Arnold (1864), Christopher Middleton (1690), and Kaya Scodelario (1992).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Gary Numan ranks 138. Before him are Leo Sayer (1948), Al Atkins (1947), Tony Martin (1957), Sandy Denny (1947), Mick Jones (1944), and Sheena Easton (1959). After him are Imogen Heap (1977), Shirley Manson (1966), John Paul Young (1950), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Ian Hunter (1939), and Gwyneth Jones (1936).

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