MUSICIAN

Ike Turner

1931 - 2007

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Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ike Turner has received more than 10,239,964 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Ike Turner is the 199th most popular musician (down from 142nd in 2019), the 1,130th most popular biography from United States (down from 838th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Musician.

Ike Turner is most famous for his work as a musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ike Turner ranks 199 out of 3,175. Before him are Claudio Arrau, Paolo Conte, Gene Simmons, Joni Mitchell, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Wilhelm Kempff. After him are Willie Nelson, Kitarō, Amy Winehouse, Nikolai Rubinstein, Stan Getz, and Gidon Kremer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ike Turner ranks 65. Before him are Stanislav Grof, Sofia Gubaidulina, Syukuro Manabe, Ivan Rebroff, Arata Isozaki, and Richard F. Heck. After him are Rita Moreno, Jean-Claude Carrière, Hamilton O. Smith, Ronald Dworkin, Alfred Brendel, and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Among people deceased in 2007, Ike Turner ranks 33. Before him are Richard Rorty, Jane Wyman, Arthur Kornberg, Ashraf Marwan, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Deborah Kerr. After him are Stanley Miller, Momofuku Ando, Alan MacDiarmid, Henri Troyat, Oscar Peterson, and Vladimir Kryuchkov.

Others Born in 1931

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ike Turner ranks 1,130 out of 20,380. Before him are Elisha Otis (1811), Jim Belushi (1954), Donna Leon (1942), Stanley Tucci (1960), James M. Buchanan (1919), and Richard S. Castellano (1933). After him are Stanley Miller (1930), Willie Nelson (1933), Will Durant (1885), Hugh David Politzer (1949), Richard Matheson (1926), and Gordon Parks (1912).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ike Turner ranks 51. Before him are Keith Jarrett (1945), Chick Corea (1941), Ritchie Valens (1941), Duff McKagan (1964), Muddy Waters (1913), and Alicia Keys (1981). After him are Willie Nelson (1933), Stan Getz (1927), Joe Jackson (1928), Herbie Hancock (1940), Lenny Kravitz (1964), and Snoop Dogg (1971).

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