MUSICIAN

Geoff Nicholls

1948 - 2017

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Geoffrey James Nicholls (29 February 1944 – 28 January 2017) was an English guitarist and keyboardist, and longtime member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath until 2004. Nicholls also played in the NWOBHM band Quartz before joining Black Sabbath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoff Nicholls has received more than 326,976 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoff Nicholls is the 1,123rd most popular musician (up from 1,387th in 2019), the 2,990th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,601st in 2019) and the 181st most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Geoff Nicholls ranks 1,123 out of 3,175. Before him are Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Daniil Shafran, Medea Abrahamyan, Charles Dancla, Fletcher Henderson, and Phil Woods. After him are Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Helmuth Rilling, Richard Marx, John Mellencamp, Randy Jackson, and Frank Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Geoff Nicholls ranks 362. Before him are Hans Moravec, Louis Raphaël I Sako, John Ashton, Sinéad Cusack, Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro, and Bobby Orr. After him are Janusz Gortat, Catherine Millet, Felix Kulov, M. C. Gainey, JoBeth Williams, and You Si-kun. Among people deceased in 2017, Geoff Nicholls ranks 287. Before him are Ulli Lommel, Brad Harris, François Van der Elst, Carlos Alberto Silva, Oleg Vidov, and Yaakov Neeman. After him are Ueli Steck, Katalin Szőke, Darlene Cates, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Hrvoje Šarinić, and Anthony Harvey.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoff Nicholls ranks 2,990 out of 8,785. Before him are Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Anthony Carlisle (1768), Fred Karno (1866), Hubert Parry (1848), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), and Pat Jennings (1945). After him are Ray Lankester (1847), Sidney Robinson (1876), John Robison (1739), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), and Piers Morgan (1965).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Geoff Nicholls ranks 181. Before him are Gary Barlow (1971), Peter Banks (1947), Steven Wilson (1967), Paul Simonon (1955), Hank Marvin (1941), and Anthony Phillips (1951). After him are Andrew Loog Oldham (1944), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Jimmy Bain (1947), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Martin Barre (1946), and Dave Holland (1948).

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