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Gary Rossington

1951 - 2023

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Gary Robert Rossington (December 4, 1951 – March 5, 2023) was an American musician best known as a founding guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, with whom he performed until his death. Rossington was also a founding member of the Rossington Collins Band, along with former bandmate Allen Collins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Rossington has received more than 3,603,376 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Rossington is the 1,762nd most popular musician (down from 1,442nd in 2019), the 8,925th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,224th in 2019) and the 707th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gary Rossington ranks 1,762 out of 2,662. Before him are Hilary Hahn, Ian Wallace, Unsuk Chin, Mitski, Rick J. Jordan, and Bob Gaudio. After him are Sebastian Ingrosso, Bill Berry, Jovdat Hajiyev, Baaba Maal, Lene Marlin, and Guy Fletcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gary Rossington ranks 441. Before him are Eva Sršen, Alphonso Johnson, Bronisław Malinowski, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Angela Voigt, and Aleksey Spiridonov. After him are Costică Ștefănescu, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Nedim Gürsel, Roger Pontare, Doug Collins, and Gyula Sax. Among people deceased in 2023, Gary Rossington ranks 332. Before him are Karol J. Bobko, Nikica Valentić, Cindy Williams, Gérard Collomb, Margaret Archer, and John Jakes. After him are Robert Budzynski, Sante Gaiardoni, Jim Gordon, Guillermo Escalada, Ritt Bjerregaard, and Georges Bereta.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Rossington ranks 8,925 out of 18,182. Before him are Kenneth Burke (1897), Vincent Youmans (1898), Tim Holt (1919), Ariana Richards (1979), Jim Pollard (1922), and Carl Anderson (1945). After him are Frederick Moloney (1882), Kelly Reichardt (1964), Daniel J. Travanti (1940), Bill Berry (1958), Abigail Breslin (1996), and Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gary Rossington ranks 707. Before him are David Darling (1941), Chris Hillman (1944), Alphonso Johnson (1951), Randy Weston (1926), Hilary Hahn (1979), and Bob Gaudio (1942). After him are Bill Berry (1958), Charlie Puth (1991), Brad Wilk (1968), Jack Casady (1944), Albert Ammons (1907), and Sam Rivers (1923).

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