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Gene Simmons

1949 - Today

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Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; Hebrew: חיים ויץ [χaˈim ˈvits]; born August 25, 1949) is an American musician. Also known by his stage persona "The Demon", he was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in the early 1970s until their retirement in 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gene Simmons has received more than 13,187,247 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Gene Simmons is the 195th most popular musician (down from 182nd in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Israel (down from 102nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Musician.

Gene Simmons is most famous for being the bassist and lead singer of the band Kiss.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gene Simmons ranks 195 out of 3,175. Before him are Giovanni Battista Martini, Emil Gilels, Roger Whittaker, Dr. Alban, Claudio Arrau, and Paolo Conte. After him are Joni Mitchell, Abdel Halim Hafez, Wilhelm Kempff, Ike Turner, Willie Nelson, and Kitarō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gene Simmons ranks 62. Before him are Luis Sepúlveda, Tom Waits, Jim Broadbent, Peter Shilton, Zoia Ceaușescu, and Miuccia Prada. After him are Shelley Duvall, Hugh David Politzer, Tom Berenger, Teófilo Cubillas, Sissy Spacek, and Issei Sagawa.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Gene Simmons ranks 115 out of 466. Before him are Ghassan Kanafani (1936), Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212), Yair Lapid (1963), Zephaniah (-701), Philip the Evangelist (100), and Judah ha-Nasi (135). After him are Shimon bar Yochai (1), David Grossman (1954), Benny Gantz (1959), Israel Tal (1924), Barak (null), and Aristobulus II (-100).

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Among MUSICIANS In Israel

Among musicians born in Israel, Gene Simmons ranks 2. Before him are Itzhak Perlman (1945). After him are Ivry Gitlis (1922), Hillel Slovak (1962), Pinchas Zukerman (1948), Shlomo Artzi (1949), Avishai Cohen (1970), Keren Ann (1974), Yitzhak Yedid (1971), Oren Lavie (1976), Miri Ben-Ari (1978), and Borgore (1987).

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