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Ian Paice

1948 - Today

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Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as 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 1,547,577 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ian Paice is the 185th most popular musician (up from 196th in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 783rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Musician.

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

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ian Paice ranks 185 out of 2,662Before him are Giya Kancheli, Chris Isaak, Emil Gilels, Gene Simmons, George Martin, and John Paul Jones. After him are José Feliciano, Jerry Lee Lewis, Alicia Keys, Paolo Conte, Muddy Waters, and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ian Paice ranks 53Before him are Rudolf Schenker, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Carl Weathers, Ian McEwan, Brian Eno, and Sven-Göran Eriksson. After him are Powers Boothe, Patrizia Reggiani, Edmund Kemper, Bille August, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Paice ranks 722 out of 7,765Before him are Kim Cattrall (1956), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), Thomas Malory (1405), George Martin (1926), Willibrord (658), and John Paul Jones (1946). After him are Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Wilkie Collins (1824), Nevill Francis Mott (1905), Thomas Mun (1571), Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757), and James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ian Paice ranks 46Before him are Nick Mason (1944), Tony Iommi (1948), Chris Slade (1946), Brian Eno (1948), George Martin (1926), and John Paul Jones (1946). After him are Amy Winehouse (1983), Pete Townshend (1945), John Cale (1942), Billy Idol (1955), Ken Hensley (1945), and John Mayall (1933).