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Ian Paice

1948 - Today

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Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician who is the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band's inception in 1968, as well as having played on every album and at every live appearance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Paice has received more than 1,768,967 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ian Paice is the 171st most popular musician (up from 185th in 2019), the 656th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 722nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Musician.

Ian Paice is most famous for being the drummer for the rock band, Deep Purple.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ian Paice ranks 171 out of 3,175. Before him are Chick Corea, George Martin, José Feliciano, Giovanni Battista Viotti, Brian Eno, and Klaus Nomi. After him are Itzhak Perlman, Anton Diabelli, Lucio Dalla, Gilberto Gil, Bill Wyman, and Ritchie Valens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ian Paice ranks 54. Before him are Tony Iommi, Powers Boothe, Arie Haan, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Valentin Ceaușescu, and Brian Eno. After him are Bernard-Henri Lévy, Pim Fortuyn, Rudolf Schenker, Rory Gallagher, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, and Bille August.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Paice ranks 656 out of 8,785. Before him are Kevin Keegan (1951), Brian Eno (1948), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Richard Arkwright (1732), Frederick Forsyth (1938), and Wilkie Collins (1824). After him are Aubrey Beardsley (1872), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), Patrick Blackett (1897), Bernard Lewis (1916), Philip Pullman (1946), and Desmond Llewelyn (1914).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ian Paice ranks 43. Before him are Roger Glover (1945), Malcolm Young (1953), Chris Slade (1946), Tony Iommi (1948), George Martin (1926), and Brian Eno (1948). After him are Bill Wyman (1936), John Cale (1942), John Paul Jones (1946), Amy Winehouse (1983), Ken Hensley (1945), and Stuart Sutcliffe (1940).

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