MUSICIAN

Ian McDonald

1946 - 2022

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Ian Richard McDonald (25 June 1946 – 9 February 2022) was an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson in 1968, as well as the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976. McDonald began his music career as an army musician, where he learned the clarinet and taught himself music theory. He also taught himself to play flute, saxophone, guitar and piano. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian McDonald has received more than 32,047 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ian McDonald is the 952nd most popular musician (down from 472nd in 2019), the 2,586th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,528th in 2019) and the 161st most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ian McDonald ranks 952 out of 3,175. Before her are Zoltán Kocsis, Adolf Busch, Joey Jordison, Daevid Allen, Nani Bregvadze, and D'arcy Wretzky. After her are Al Jardine, Fats Waller, Dan Balan, Mantovani, Sean Paul, and Sammy Hagar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ian McDonald ranks 355. Before her are Dan O'Bannon, Sher Bahadur Deuba, Joel Camargo, Paul Alexander, Milena Canonero, and Joseph Sifakis. After her are Akira Kamiya, Richard Carpenter, Roland Sandberg, Steve Kanaly, Miklós Németh, and Kirsti Sparboe. Among people deceased in 2022, Ian McDonald ranks 246. Before her are Gilbert Gottfried, Freddy Rincón, Julio Jiménez, Bo Hopkins, Vittorio Adorni, and Hilda Bernard. After her are Maarten Schmidt, Barbara Walters, Estelle Harris, Bob Rafelson, Cristina Calderón, and Loretta Lynn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McDonald ranks 2,586 out of 8,785. Before her are Jon Finch (1942), Jack Greenwell (1884), Morris Travers (1872), Douglas Bader (1910), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), and Gayatri Devi (1919). After her are Bob Anderson (1922), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), James Whale (1889), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Flora Robson (1902), and Edward Robert Hughes (1851).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ian McDonald ranks 161. Before her are Simon Le Bon (1958), James Galway (1939), Johnny Clegg (1953), George Shearing (1919), Bernie Marsden (1951), and Simon Phillips (1957). After her are Phil Manzanera (1951), Simon Wright (1963), Phil Campbell (1961), Dick Parry (1942), Glen Matlock (1956), and Dennis Stratton (1952).

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