MUSICIAN

Gene Autry

1907 - 1998

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Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades, beginning in the early 1930s. During that time, he personified the straight-shooting hero — honest, brave, and true. Autry was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Autry has received more than 3,777,822 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Gene Autry is the 1,072nd most popular musician (down from 938th in 2019), the 5,286th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,630th in 2019) and the 360th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gene Autry ranks 1,072 out of 3,175. Before him are Bonnie Raitt, Louis Jordan, Yiruma, Francis Goya, Kid Ory, and Ronnie Radke. After him are Pino Daniele, Max von Schillings, Johnny Hodges, Ilaiyaraaja, Steven Wilson, and Albert Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Gene Autry ranks 213. Before him are Juan Carlos Corazzo, Amir Sjarifuddin, Vladimir Veksler, Ilia Vekua, Israel Regardie, and Gordon Douglas. After him are Jean Aerts, Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal, John King Fairbank, Camargo Guarnieri, Giuseppe Occhialini, and Zezé Moreira. Among people deceased in 1998, Gene Autry ranks 179. Before him are Gloria Fuertes, Nicholas Kurti, Ludvík Daněk, Galina Starovoytova, Jack Lord, and Eva Bartok. After him are Ernesto Grillo, Jon Postel, Zezé Moreira, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, António Ribeiro, and Enoch Powell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Autry ranks 5,286 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Dane (1972), Nate Archibald (1948), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Frank H. Netter (1906), Jessica Walter (1941), and R. G. Armstrong (1917). After him are Christine Jorgensen (1926), Bob McAdoo (1951), George Marshall (1891), Ed Wynn (1886), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), and Sasha Alexander (1973).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gene Autry ranks 360. Before him are Sterling Morrison (1942), Fats Navarro (1923), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Louis Jordan (1908), Kid Ory (1886), and Ronnie Radke (1983). After him are Johnny Hodges (1906), Albert Collins (1932), David Sanborn (1945), Grant Green (1935), Dave Alexander (1947), and Mike Mangini (1963).

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