MUSICIAN

Guthrie Govan

1971 - Today

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Guthrie Govan (; born 27 December 1971) is an English guitarist and guitar teacher, known for his work with the bands the Aristocrats, Asia, GPS, the Young Punx and the Fellowship, as well as his solo project Erotic Cakes. More recently, he has collaborated with Steven Wilson and Hans Zimmer. He is a noted guitar teacher, working with the UK magazine Guitar Techniques, Guildford's Academy of Contemporary Music, Lick Library, and formerly the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guthrie Govan has received more than 1,336,969 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Guthrie Govan is the 2,372nd most popular musician (down from 2,275th in 2019), the 5,907th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,511th in 2019) and the 394th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Guthrie Govans by language

Over the past year Guthrie Govan has had the most page views in the with 172,175 views, followed by Spanish (15,479), and German (14,405). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (41.89%), Bulgarian (18.31%), and Spanish (18.13%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Guthrie Govan ranks 2,372 out of 3,175. Before him are Armand van Helden, Eugene Hütz, Pat O'Brien, Kang Min-hyuk, Pat Mastelotto, and Ronnie Montrose. After him are Joshua Redman, Jacky Terrasson, Mikael Stanne, Tampa Red, Bob Wills, and Chris Frantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Guthrie Govan ranks 454. Before him are Noh Jung-yoon, Craig Mazin, Miran Pavlin, Kira Reed, Ana Ortiz, and Nathaniel Philip Rothschild. After him are Gábor Kósa, Jeff Gordon, Rupert Sanders, Arnon Grunberg, Sophie Hannah, and Tomasz Wałdoch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Guthrie Govan ranks 5,907 out of 8,785. Before him are Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (1971), George Blagden (1989), Frank Adams (1930), Thomas Chalmers (1780), Warren Treadgold (1949), and Eddie Hapgood (1908). After him are William Regal (1968), Bill Eckersley (1925), Sophie Wilson (1957), Anthony Davidson (1979), F. F. Bruce (1910), and June Brown (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Guthrie Govan ranks 394. Before him are Gillian Gilbert (1961), Nigel Olsson (1949), Jason Cooper (1967), Simon Webbe (1978), John Leckie (1949), and Kelly Johnson (1958). After him are Richie Faulkner (1980), Atticus Ross (1968), Andy Bell (1970), Rick Savage (1960), John Dankworth (1927), and Evelyn Glennie (1965).

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