1949 - Today
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 12,232,178 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Gene Simmons is the 182nd most popular musician (down from 172nd in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Israel (up from 107th 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.
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Among musicians, Gene Simmons ranks 182 out of 2,662. Before him are Charles-Valentin Alkan, Keith Jarrett, Wilhelm Kempff, Giya Kancheli, Chris Isaak, and Emil Gilels. After him are George Martin, John Paul Jones, Ian Paice, José Feliciano, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Alicia Keys.
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 177
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 178
1935 - 2019
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 179
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 180
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 181
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 182
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 183
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 184
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 185
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 186
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 187
1981 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 188
Among people born in 1949, Gene Simmons ranks 54. Before him are Tom Waits, Billy Joel, Issei Sagawa, Thaksin Shinawatra, Ashraf Ghani, and Luis Sepúlveda. After him are Tom Berenger, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Ivana Trump, Zoia Ceaușescu, Ruud Krol, and Fanny Ardant.
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 48
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 49
1949 - 2022
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 50
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 51
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 52
1949 - 2020
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 53
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 54
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 55
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 56
1949 - 2022
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 57
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 59
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 60
Among people born in Israel, Gene Simmons ranks 105 out of 430. Before him are Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Philip the Tetrarch (-4), Dan Shechtman (1941), Canaan (null), Natalie Portman (1981), and Philip the Evangelist (100). After him are Abu Nidal (1937), Isaac Herzog (1960), Ofra Haza (1957), Aaron Ciechanover (1947), George Habash (1926), and Nahum (-600).
1941 - 2008
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 99
4 BC - 34
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 100
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 101
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 102
1981 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 103
100 - 100
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 104
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 105
1937 - 2002
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 106
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 107
1957 - 2000
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 108
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 109
1926 - 2008
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 110
600 BC - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 111
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), Borgore (1987), Yitzhak Yedid (1971), and Miri Ben-Ari (1978).
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 1
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 2
1922 - 2020
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 3
1962 - 1988
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 4
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 7
1974 - Present
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 8
1987 - Present
HPI: 26.51
Rank: 9
1971 - Present
HPI: 26.30
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 24.06
Rank: 11