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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 3,365,402 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Autry is the 941st most popular musician (down from 753rd in 2019), the 4,642nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,851st in 2019) and the 328th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gene Autry ranks 941 out of 2,662. Before him are John Mellencamp, Pink Anderson, Sabicas, Mikhail Pletnev, Gary Peacock, and Donald Byrd. After him are Kid Ory, Hank Mobley, Duško Gojković, Phil Campbell, Kyung Wha Chung, and Andrej Hoteev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Gene Autry ranks 185. Before him are Edwige Feuillère, Polina Osipenko, Varian Fry, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Sándor Veress, and Blagoje Marjanović. After him are Roger Vailland, John Marley, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Sergei Shtemenko, Paul Magloire, and Peggy Ashcroft. Among people deceased in 1998, Gene Autry ranks 144. Before him are Eric Ambler, E. G. Marshall, Nazim al-Qudsi, Josep Escolà, Mary Cartwright, and Edwige Feuillère. After him are Gunter d'Alquen, Louis Dumont, Gloria Fuertes, Roy Rogers, Chatichai Choonhavan, and Eva Bartok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Autry ranks 4,642 out of 18,182. Before him are James R. Schlesinger (1929), Lester Germer (1896), John Kitzmiller (1913), Pete Rose (1941), Donald Byrd (1932), and Michael McKean (1947). After him are Kylie Jenner (1997), W. C. Handy (1873), Kid Ory (1886), Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949), Herbert Ross (1927), and Norman Lloyd (1914).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Gene Autry ranks 328. Before him are Rick James (1948), Rob Zombie (1965), John Mellencamp (1951), Pink Anderson (1900), Gary Peacock (1935), and Donald Byrd (1932). After him are Kid Ory (1886), Hank Mobley (1930), Albert Collins (1932), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), Pitbull (1981), and Larry Coryell (1943).

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