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Ian Gillan

1945 - Today

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Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice. Initially influenced by Elvis Presley, Gillan started and fronted several local bands in the mid-1960s, and eventually joined Episode Six when their original singer left. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Gillan has received more than 3,293,578 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Ian Gillan is the 67th most popular singer (up from 69th in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 377th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Singer.

Ian Gillan is most famous for being the lead singer for the rock band Deep Purple.

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  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ian Gillan ranks 67 out of 3,528Before him are Carlos Gardel, Amália Rodrigues, Rod Stewart, Salvatore Adamo, Víctor Jara, and The Notorious B.I.G.. After him are Klaus Meine, Diana Ross, Johnny Hallyday, Kate Bush, Marianne Faithfull, and Karel Gott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ian Gillan ranks 26Before him are Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Ritchie Blackmore, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Mircea Lucescu, Rod Stewart, and Patrick Modiano. After him are Goldie Hawn, Ehud Olmert, Mia Farrow, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Ram Nath Kovind, and Priscilla Presley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 341 out of 7,765Before him are Rod Stewart (1945), Henry Moseley (1887), William Hogarth (1697), Christopher Marlowe (1564), Enid Blyton (1897), and Vivienne Westwood (1941). After him are Marie of Romania (1875), Tristan (535), Anne Hathaway (1556), Thomas Paine (1737), Jackie Stewart (1939), and John Galsworthy (1867).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 9Before him are Brian Johnson (1947), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Joe Cocker (1944), George Michael (1963), Phil Collins (1951), and Rod Stewart (1945). After him are Kate Bush (1958), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Morrissey (1959), Robert Plant (1948), and Annie Lennox (1954).