1940 - Today
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and occasional actor. Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbie Hancock has received more than 3,888,972 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Herbie Hancock is the 143rd most popular musician (up from 146th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from United States (down from 819th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Musician.
Herbie Hancock is most famous for being a jazz pianist and composer.
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Among musicians, Herbie Hancock ranks 143 out of 2,675. Before him are George Martin, Nick Mason, David Guetta, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, and Mariss Jansons. After him are Quincy Jones, Don Cherry, Joe Hisaishi, Bono, Ludovico Einaudi, and Jacqueline du Pré.
1926 - 2016
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 137
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 138
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 139
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 140
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 141
1943 - 2019
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 142
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 143
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 144
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 145
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 146
1960 - Present
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 147
1955 - Present
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 148
1945 - 1987
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 149
Among people born in 1940, Herbie Hancock ranks 55. Before him are H. R. Giger, Eduardo Galeano, Tarō Asō, James Cromwell, Raquel Welch, and Denis Law. After him are Raul Julia, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Abdurrahman Wahid, John Gotti, Jacques Rancière, and Burt Young.
1940 - 2014
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 49
1940 - 2015
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 50
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 51
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 52
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 53
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 54
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 55
1940 - 1994
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 56
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 57
1940 - 2009
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 58
1940 - 2002
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 59
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 60
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 61
Among people born in United States, Herbie Hancock ranks 834 out of 15,968. Before him are Jerry Stiller (1927), Robert Knepper (1959), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), Burgess Meredith (1907), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), and Zelda Fitzgerald (1900). After him are Melanie Griffith (1957), Quincy Jones (1933), Norman Rockwell (1894), Jane Addams (1860), Luke Perry (1966), and Don Cherry (1936).
1927 - 2020
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 828
1959 - Present
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 829
1951 - Present
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 830
1907 - 1997
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 831
1888 - 1969
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 832
1900 - 1948
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 833
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 834
1957 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 835
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 836
1894 - 1978
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 837
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 838
1966 - 2019
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 839
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 840
Among musicians born in United States, Herbie Hancock ranks 40. Before him are Ray Manzarek (1939), Lady Gaga (1986), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Ice-T (1958), Dave Brubeck (1920), and Dizzy Gillespie (1917). After him are Quincy Jones (1933), Don Cherry (1936), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Keith Jarrett (1945), James Hetfield (1963), and Chick Corea (1941).
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 35
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 36
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 37
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 38
1917 - 1993
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 39
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 41
1936 - 1995
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 42
1953 - Present
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 43
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 44
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 46