SINGER

Ian Dury

1942 - 2000

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Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Dury has received more than 3,130,861 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Dury is the 694th most popular singer (down from 639th in 2019), the 2,140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,086th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ian Duries by language

Over the past year Ian Dury has had the most page views in the with 368,564 views, followed by German (29,578), and Spanish (17,333). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (80.51%), Basque (71.94%), and Esperanto (37.07%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ian Dury ranks 694 out of 4,381. Before him are Peggy March, Dead, Joseph Schmidt, Udit Narayan, Cesare Siepi, and Jungkook. After him are Sumi Jo, Gohar Gasparyan, Magda Olivero, Nelly Furtado, Al Jolson, and Roza Eskenazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ian Dury ranks 255. Before him are David Stern, Richard Williams, Jean Ping, Ludmila Savelyeva, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, and Ana Blandiana. After him are Ivan Mládek, Vera Alentova, Peter Habeler, Michael Jackson, Anatoly Berezovoy, and Emília Vášáryová. Among people deceased in 2000, Ian Dury ranks 119. Before him are Elek Schwartz, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Son Sann, Franco Rossi, and Aristidis Konstantinidis. After him are Claire Trevor, Abdul Haris Nasution, Leonidas Pyrgos, Alfred Schwarzmann, Bruno Zevi, and René Favaloro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Dury ranks 2,140 out of 8,785. Before him are John Illsley (1949), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), Marie Stopes (1880), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), Patrick Magee (1922), and Nigel Hawthorne (1929). After him are Dodie Smith (1896), Rick Astley (1966), Kevin McNally (1956), Charlie Hunnam (1980), Ken McArthur (1881), and Geraldine James (1950).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ian Dury ranks 79. Before him are Ed Sheeran (1991), Andy Gibb (1958), Graham Nash (1942), Rick Parfitt (1948), Alan Lancaster (1949), and Andrew Ridgeley (1963). After him are Paul Young (1956), Limahl (1958), Nick Kamen (1962), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Kevin Ayers (1944), and Fish (1958).

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