1949 - 2011
Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American soul and jazz poet, 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. His own term for himself was "bluesologist", which he defined as "a scientist who is concerned with the origin of the blues."His music, most notably on the albums Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and foreshadowed later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gil Scott-Heron has received more than 2,118,065 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gil Scott-Heron is the 1,117th most popular singer (up from 1,199th in 2019), the 6,157th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,136th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 1,117 out of 3,541. Before him are Camila Cabello, Darlene Love, Anna Oxa, Jintara Poonlarp, Emma Bunton, and Roberto Goyeneche. After him are Laila Kinnunen, Mary J. Blige, Viktor Lazlo, Taboo, Leo Sayer, and Yoko Kanno.
1997 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,111
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,112
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 1,113
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,114
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,115
1926 - 1994
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 1,116
1949 - 2011
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,117
1939 - 2000
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,118
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 1,119
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 1,120
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,121
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,122
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 1,123
Among people born in 1949, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 348. Before him are Mohamed Akid, Moussa Koussa, Frankie Faison, Ann Druyan, Venkaiah Naidu, and Bob Backlund. After him are Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Gérard Larcher, Carlo Petrini, Mary Roos, Kalevi Aho, and Carlos Babington. Among people deceased in 2011, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 265. Before him are Adrián Escudero, Hubert Sumlin, Andrej Bajuk, Frances Bay, Henry Cooper, and Walter Giller. After him are Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Milton Babbitt, Aldo Clementi, Geraldine Ferraro, Joe Morello, and John Shalikashvili.
1949 - 1979
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 342
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 343
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 344
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 345
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 346
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 347
1949 - 2011
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 348
1949 - 2015
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 349
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 350
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 351
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 352
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 353
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 354
1927 - 2011
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 259
1931 - 2011
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 260
1943 - 2011
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 261
1919 - 2011
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 262
1934 - 2011
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 263
1927 - 2011
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 264
1949 - 2011
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 265
1931 - 2011
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 266
1916 - 2011
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 267
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 268
1935 - 2011
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 269
1928 - 2011
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 270
1936 - 2011
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 271
Among people born in United States, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 6,157 out of 15,968. Before him are Julia Grant (1826), Gregg Henry (1952), Skeet Ulrich (1970), Nat Adderley (1931), Bob Backlund (1949), and Connie Stevens (1938). After him are David Peoples (1940), L. Q. Jones (1927), Troian Bellisario (1985), John Schneider (1960), Janet Asimov (1926), and Mary J. Blige (1971).
1826 - 1902
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 6,151
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 6,152
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,153
1931 - 2000
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,154
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,155
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,156
1949 - 2011
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,157
1940 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,158
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,159
1985 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,160
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,161
1926 - 2019
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,162
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6,163
Among singers born in United States, Gil Scott-Heron ranks 318. Before him are Van McCoy (1940), Lhasa de Sela (1972), Wiz Khalifa (1987), Joe Jonas (1989), Willie Colón (1950), and Darlene Love (1941). After him are Mary J. Blige (1971), Taboo (1975), Kvitka Cisyk (1953), Candice Night (1971), Johnny Nash (1940), and Thomas Hampson (1955).
1940 - 1979
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 312
1972 - 2010
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 313
1987 - Present
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 314
1989 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 315
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 316
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 317
1949 - 2011
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 318
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 319
1975 - Present
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 320
1953 - 1998
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 321
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 322
1940 - 2020
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 323
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 324