1945 - Today
Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple and is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice, in particular his high pitched banshee screams.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. He first found widespread commercial success after joining Deep Purple in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Gillan has received more than 2,026,668 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Ian Gillan is the 69th most popular singer (up from 82nd in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 399th in 2019) and the 10th 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 69 out of 3,541. Before him are The Notorious B.I.G., Víctor Jara, Rod Stewart, George Michael, 50 Cent, and Anna Magdalena Bach. After him are Billie Holiday, Johnny Hallyday, Florence Foster Jenkins, Karel Gott, Bonnie Tyler, and Fairuz.
1972 - 1997
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 63
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 64
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 65
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 66
1975 - Present
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 67
1701 - 1760
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 69
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 70
1943 - 2017
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 71
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 72
1939 - 2019
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 73
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 74
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1945, Ian Gillan ranks 25. Before him are Daniel Ortega, Yoshinori Ohsumi, Lemmy, Björn Ulvaeus, Rod Stewart, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. After him are Ehud Olmert, Goldie Hawn, Mia Farrow, Priscilla Presley, Dean Koontz, and Moshe Katsav.
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 19
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 20
1945 - 2015
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 22
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 23
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 25
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 26
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 27
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 28
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 29
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 30
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 31
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 378 out of 6,924. Before him are William Godwin (1756), Henry Moseley (1887), Thomas Carlyle (1795), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), George Eliot (1819), and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887). After him are D. H. Lawrence (1885), Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Robert Walpole (1676), John Everett Millais (1829), and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453).
1756 - 1836
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 372
1887 - 1915
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 373
1795 - 1881
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 374
1800 - 1877
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 375
1819 - 1880
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 376
1887 - 1969
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 377
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 378
1885 - 1930
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 379
1882 - 1920
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 380
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 381
1676 - 1745
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 382
1829 - 1896
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 383
1453 - 1471
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 384
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ian Gillan ranks 10. Before him are Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Joe Cocker (1944), Phil Collins (1951), Marianne Faithfull (1946), Rod Stewart (1945), and George Michael (1963). After him are Bonnie Tyler (1951), Robert Plant (1948), Morrissey (1959), Kate Bush (1958), Peter Gabriel (1950), and Annie Lennox (1954).
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 4
1944 - 2014
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 8
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 9
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 12
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 13
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 15
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 16