SINGER

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 3,687,250 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Ian Gillan is the 73rd most popular singer (down from 67th in 2019), the 320th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 341st in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Singer.

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

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ian Gillan ranks 73 out of 4,381. Before him are Florence Foster Jenkins, Sarah Vaughan, Carlos Gardel, Billie Holiday, Prince, and Amália Rodrigues. After him are Bonnie Tyler, The Notorious B.I.G., Fairuz, Morrissey, Diana Ross, and Karel Gott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ian Gillan ranks 31. Before him are Björn Ulvaeus, Moshe Katsav, Patrick Modiano, Ritchie Blackmore, Rod Stewart, and Abdelmadjid Tebboune. After him are Adly Mansour, Anselm Kiefer, Mia Farrow, Lemmy, Slobodan Praljak, and Jean Nouvel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 320 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Sanger (1918), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Stanley Matthews (1915), Arthur Harden (1865), Jon Lord (1941), and John Hurt (1940). After him are Edmund Ironside (993), Edmund I (921), Frederick Soddy (1877), James V of Scotland (1512), Bonnie Tyler (1951), and Alexander Selkirk (1676).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 11. Before him are Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Phil Collins (1951), Kate Bush (1958), George Michael (1963), Marianne Faithfull (1946), and Rod Stewart (1945). After him are Bonnie Tyler (1951), Morrissey (1959), Robert Plant (1948), Peter Gabriel (1950), Bruce Dickinson (1958), and Annie Lennox (1954).

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