MUSICIAN

Herbie Hancock

1940 - Today

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Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. 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 5,014,123 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbie Hancock is the 210th most popular musician (down from 172nd in 2019), the 1,193rd most popular biography from United States (down from 997th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Musician.

Herbie Hancock is most famous for being a jazz pianist and composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Herbie Hancocks by language

Over the past year Herbie Hancock has had the most page views in the with 622,949 views, followed by Japanese (63,052), and German (47,897). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (134.55%), Low Saxon (59.26%), and Greek (55.20%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Herbie Hancock ranks 210 out of 3,175. Before him are Stan Getz, Gidon Kremer, Clara Haskil, Ken Hensley, Violeta Parra, and Joe Jackson. After him are Stuart Sutcliffe, Lenny Kravitz, Snoop Dogg, Mike Portnoy, Dave Brubeck, and Izzy Stradlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Herbie Hancock ranks 82. Before him are Lance Henriksen, Gudrun Ensslin, Milena Dravić, Ira von Fürstenberg, Tom Jones, and Marlène Jobert. After him are Stuart Sutcliffe, Toshihide Maskawa, George Akerlof, Robin Cook, Dionne Warwick, and Ali Hassan Salameh.

Others Born in 1940

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herbie Hancock ranks 1,193 out of 20,380. Before him are Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), Sissy Spacek (1949), George Papandreou (1952), George Stinney (1929), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), and Edmund Kemper (1948). After him are Dwayne Johnson (1972), Little Richard (1932), Butch Cassidy (1866), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Sam Shepard (1943), and John Denver (1943).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Herbie Hancock ranks 55. Before him are Muddy Waters (1913), Alicia Keys (1981), Ike Turner (1931), Willie Nelson (1933), Stan Getz (1927), and Joe Jackson (1928). After him are Lenny Kravitz (1964), Snoop Dogg (1971), Mike Portnoy (1967), Dave Brubeck (1920), Izzy Stradlin (1962), and Lady Gaga (1986).

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