MUSICIAN

Ian Anderson

1947 - Today

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Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a Scottish musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, 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 3,665,105 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ian Anderson is the 392nd most popular musician (down from 314th in 2019), the 1,329th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,130th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ian Anderson ranks 392 out of 3,175Before him are Baden Powell, Tony Levin, Adrian Smith, Sérgio Mendes, András Schiff, and Flea. After him are Martin Gore, Buddy Rich, Lucio Battisti, Dexter Gordon, Billy Gibbons, and Ben Webster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ian Anderson ranks 148Before him are Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Nevio Scala, Kathrine Switzer, Ted Danson, and Włodzimierz Lubański. After him are Zdeněk Zeman, Giorgio Chinaglia, Margaret Chan, Muhyiddin Yassin, Ángel Nieto, and Jiro Taniguchi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Anderson ranks 1,329 out of 8,785Before him are Tom Simpson (1937), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Anne Lister (1791), Tom Pryce (1949), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), and Charles Frederick Worth (1825). After him are Martin Gore (1961), Geraldine McEwan (1932), Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Michael Houghton (1949), and John Russell Hind (1823).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ian Anderson ranks 78Before him are Jack Bruce (1943), Glenn Tipton (1947), Denny Laine (1944), Andy Fletcher (1961), Ginger Baker (1939), and Adrian Smith (1957). After him are Martin Gore (1961), Donovan (1946), Alan Walker (1997), Geezer Butler (1949), Wallace Hartley (1878), and Dan McCafferty (1946).