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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 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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  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Gene Simmons ranks 182 out of 2,662Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gene Simmons ranks 54Before 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.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Gene Simmons ranks 105 out of 430Before 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).

Among MUSICIANS In Israel

Among musicians born in Israel, Gene Simmons ranks 2Before 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).

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