1947 - Today
Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for his work as the singer, flautist, acoustic guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member of the rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboards, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Anderson has received more than 3,332,865 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Anderson is the 314th most popular musician (up from 375th in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,297th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Ian Anderson ranks 314 out of 2,662. Before him are Léo Ferré, Rick Astley, Lalo Schifrin, Mischa Maisky, Matteo Carcassi, and Fred Durst. After him are Isaac Hayes, Michael Schenker, Paul Desmond, Djivan Gasparyan, Franco Battiato, and Woody Guthrie.
1916 - 1993
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 308
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 309
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 310
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 311
1792 - 1853
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 312
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 313
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 314
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 315
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 316
1924 - 1977
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 317
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 318
1945 - 2021
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 319
1912 - 1967
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 320
Among people born in 1947, Ian Anderson ranks 92. Before him are James Patterson, Jeffrey DeMunn, Viktor Belenko, Rod Evans, Anne Wiazemsky, and Mitt Romney. After him are Joe Mantegna, Klaus Schulze, Marion Ramsey, Barbara Bach, Edward James Olmos, and Ry Cooder.
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 86
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 87
1947 - 2023
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 88
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 89
1947 - 2017
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 90
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 91
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 92
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 93
1947 - 2022
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 94
1947 - 2021
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 95
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 96
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 97
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 98
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Anderson ranks 1,134 out of 7,765. Before him are Idris Elba (1972), George Fox (1624), Antony Flew (1923), John William Godward (1861), Peter Green (1946), and Robert Browning (1812). After him are Joseph Needham (1900), Francis Walsingham (1532), Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), Angus Deaton (1945), and James Murray (1837).
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,128
1624 - 1691
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,129
1923 - 2010
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,130
1861 - 1922
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,131
1946 - 2020
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 1,132
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,133
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,134
1900 - 1995
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,135
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,136
852 - 902
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,137
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,139
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,140
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ian Anderson ranks 64. Before him are Ian Curtis (1956), Cozy Powell (1947), Roger Daltrey (1944), Alan Parsons (1948), PJ Harvey (1969), and Rick Astley (1966). After him are Nicko McBrain (1952), Dave Murray (1956), Don Airey (1948), Jack Bruce (1943), Cliff Williams (1949), and Ginger Baker (1939).
1956 - 1980
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 58
1947 - 1998
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 59
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 60
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 61
1969 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 62
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 63
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 64
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 65
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 67
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 68
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 69
1939 - 2019
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 70