MUSICIAN

Geddy Lee

1953 - Today

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Geddy Lee Weinrib (born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock group Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geddy Lee has received more than 4,659,644 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 29 in 2019). Geddy Lee is the 1,390th most popular musician (down from 1,217th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Canada (down from 313th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Geddy Lees by language

Over the past year Geddy Lee has had the most page views in the with 743,957 views, followed by Spanish (25,070), and German (20,437). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (121.46%), English (43.43%), and Korean (34.10%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Geddy Lee ranks 1,390 out of 3,175. Before him are Gary Rossington, Mary Lou Williams, Steve Miller, Monty Alexander, Ron Geesin, and Hariprasad Chaurasia. After him are Bruce Johnston, Jörg Michael, Gary Wright, John Hammond, Reinhold Mack, and Aynsley Dunbar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Geddy Lee ranks 317. Before him are Antoine de Caunes, Robert Charles Wilson, Pamela Sue Martin, Mark Frost, Eben Alexander, and Irene Rosenfeld. After him are Louie Anderson, Jorvan Vieira, Roger Allam, Jaromír Nohavica, Dany Laferrière, and Ali Muhammad Mujawar.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Geddy Lee ranks 369 out of 1,622. Before him are Stu Hart (1915), Gordon Neufeld (1947), Michel Tremblay (1942), Owen Hart (1965), David Furnish (1962), and George Romanes (1848). After him are Chief Dan George (1899), Xavier Dolan (1989), Julie Payette (1963), Doug Rogers (1941), David Reimer (1965), and David Baszucki (1963).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Geddy Lee ranks 20. Before him are Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), Bob Rock (1954), Rick Danko (1943), Richard Manuel (1943), and Garth Hudson (1937). After him are Alex Lifeson (1953), Daniel Lanois (1951), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Calixa Lavallée (1842), Hank Snow (1914), and Kenny Wheeler (1930).

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