1949 - 2011
Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American jazz poet, singer, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician Brian Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues, and soul, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and melismatic vocal styles by Scott-Heron. He referred to himself as a "bluesologist", his own term for "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gil Scott-Heron has received more than 2,964,615 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Gil Scott-Heron is the 1,175th most popular singer (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 6,306th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,153rd in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 1,175 out of 3,528. Before him are Salvador Sobral, James Arthur, Elissa, Bob Benny, Jelena Karleuša, and Ana Torroja. After him are Daimaou Kosaka, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Hansi Hinterseer, Kenan Doğulu, and Paulina Rubio.
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 1,169
1988 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 1,170
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 1,171
1926 - 2011
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,172
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,173
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,174
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,175
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 1,176
1749 - 1833
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 1,177
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 1,178
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 1,179
1974 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,180
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 1,181
Among people born in 1949, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 373. Before him are Moto Hagio, Letizia Moratti, Boualem Sansal, Stephen Gyllenhaal, Manfred Burgsmüller, and John Podesta. After him are Leopoldo Brenes, Gates McFadden, Ivan Kostov, Bob Backlund, Kayahan, and Alan White. Among people deceased in 2011, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 262. Before him are Peter Post, Kenneth Mars, Marco Simoncelli, Abderrahmane Mahjoub, Max van der Stoel, and Bob Benny. After him are Dana Wynter, Mikhail Simonov, Birgitta Trotzig, Amparo Muñoz, Gunnar Fischer, and Georg Sterzinsky.
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 367
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 368
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 369
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 370
1949 - 2019
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 371
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 372
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 373
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 374
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 375
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 376
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 377
1949 - 2015
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 378
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 379
1933 - 2011
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 256
1935 - 2011
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 257
1987 - 2011
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 258
1929 - 2011
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 259
1924 - 2011
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 260
1926 - 2011
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 261
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 262
1931 - 2011
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 263
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 264
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 265
1954 - 2011
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 266
1910 - 2011
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 267
1936 - 2011
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 268
Among people born in United States, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 6,306 out of 18,182. Before him are Lucius Shepard (1943), James B. Conant (1893), Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930), Alan Ruck (1956), L. Q. Jones (1927), and Michael Bowen (1957). After him are John Wooden (1910), Jo Jones (1911), Mike Todd (1909), Jane Bowles (1917), Leslie West (1945), and Lydia Davis (1947).
1943 - 2014
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,300
1893 - 1978
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 6,301
1930 - 2020
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,302
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,303
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,304
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,305
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,306
1910 - 2010
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 6,307
1911 - 1985
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,308
1909 - 1958
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,309
1917 - 1973
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,310
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,311
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 6,312
Among singers born in United States, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 318. Before him are Bob Hite (1943), Thomas Hampson (1955), Steve Porcaro (1957), Mandy Moore (1984), Lhasa de Sela (1972), and Jeanette MacDonald (1903). After him are Sherrill Milnes (1935), Nancy Wilson (1937), Bob Welch (1945), Darlene Love (1941), Vikki Carr (1941), and Nick Carter (1980).
1943 - 1981
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 312
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 313
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 314
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 315
1972 - 2010
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 316
1903 - 1965
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 317
1949 - 2011
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 318
1935 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 319
1937 - 2018
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 320
1945 - 2012
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 321
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 322
1941 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 323
1980 - Present
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 324