1945 - Today
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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Among singers, Ian Gillan ranks 67 out of 3,528. Before 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.
1890 - 1935
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 61
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 63
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 64
1932 - 1973
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 65
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 66
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 67
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 68
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 69
1943 - 2017
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 70
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 71
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 72
1939 - 2019
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1945, Ian Gillan ranks 26. Before 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.
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 22
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 23
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 25
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 26
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 27
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 28
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 29
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 30
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 31
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 32
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 341 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 335
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 336
1697 - 1764
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 337
1564 - 1593
HPI: 67.38
Rank: 338
1897 - 1968
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 339
1941 - 2022
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 340
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 341
1875 - 1938
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 342
535 - 585
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 343
1556 - 1623
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 344
1737 - 1809
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 345
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 346
1867 - 1933
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 347
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 9. Before 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).
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 3
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 4
1944 - 2014
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 5
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 8
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 14
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 15