MUSICIAN

Hillel Slovak

1962 - 1988

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Hillel Slovak (Hebrew: הלל סלובק; April 13, 1962 – June 25, 1988) was an Israeli-American musician, best known as the founding guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded two albums. His guitar work was rooted in funk and hard rock, and he often experimented with other genres, including reggae and speed metal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hillel Slovak has received more than 4,089,521 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Hillel Slovak is the 621st most popular musician (up from 626th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Israel (down from 186th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Israeli Musician.

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  • 4.1M

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  • 54.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hillel Slovak ranks 621 out of 3,175. Before him are Artie Shaw, Jelly Roll Morton, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Napoleon Orda, and Paul Tortelier. After him are Zequinha de Abreu, Steve Howe, Bob Sinclar, Evgeny Kissin, Clive Burr, and Anton Karas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Hillel Slovak ranks 98. Before him are Abdulla Aripov, John Stockton, Anthony Edwards, Tomoyasu Asaoka, Shinya Yamanaka, and Tsutomu Miyazaki. After him are Danny Huston, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Galina Chistyakova, Cary Elwes, David Lagercrantz, and Melissa Sue Anderson. Among people deceased in 1988, Hillel Slovak ranks 88. Before him are Raymond Williams, Alec Issigonis, Henry Koster, Divine, Anne Ramsey, and Cyril Jackson. After him are Seán MacBride, Fritz Heider, Paolo Stoppa, Hamengkubuwono IX, Henry Armstrong, and Giorgio Almirante.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Hillel Slovak ranks 203 out of 466. Before him are Ahron Daum (1951), Amir Pnueli (1941), Michel Sabbah (1933), Justus of Tiberias (35), Achinoam Nini (1969), and Reuven Shiloah (1909). After him are Alexander of Judaea (-100), Esther Ofarim (1941), Alice of Champagne (1196), Arnon Milchan (1944), Yuval Ne'eman (1925), and Israel Katz (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In Israel

Among musicians born in Israel, Hillel Slovak ranks 4. Before him are Itzhak Perlman (1945), Gene Simmons (1949), and Ivry Gitlis (1922). After him are Pinchas Zukerman (1948), Shlomo Artzi (1949), Avishai Cohen (1970), Keren Ann (1974), Yitzhak Yedid (1971), Oren Lavie (1976), Miri Ben-Ari (1978), and Borgore (1987).

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