MUSICIAN

James Galway

1939 - Today

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Sir James Galway (born 8 December 1939) is an Irish virtuoso flute player from Belfast, nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Flute". After several years working as an orchestral musician, he established an international career as a solo flute player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Galway has received more than 744,964 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). James Galway is the 935th most popular musician (down from 870th in 2019), the 2,551st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,435th in 2019) and the 156th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, James Galway ranks 935 out of 3,175. Before him are Rick James, Salamone Rossi, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Vlado Perlemuter, Jackson Browne, and Simon Le Bon. After him are Tommy Aldridge, Sabicas, Carmine Appice, Johnny Clegg, Mordechai Gebirtig, and George Shearing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, James Galway ranks 272. Before him are Pieter van Vollenhoven, Bobby Hull, Miroslav Cerar, Jean Van Hamme, Valery Voronin, and Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas. After him are Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, A. R. Penck, Zenon Grocholewski, Samih al-Qasim, Giorgio Ferrini, and Claudette Colvin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Galway ranks 2,551 out of 8,785. Before him are Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Edith Durham (1863), Blanche of England (1392), Philip Stone (1924), Simon Le Bon (1958), and George Gissing (1857). After him are Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Robert Kerr (1882), Walter Legge (1906), Harry Brearley (1871), Alan Lee (1947), and Edwin Landseer (1802).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, James Galway ranks 156. Before him are Eddie Clarke (1950), Fatboy Slim (1963), Würzel (1949), Mick Ronson (1946), Carl Cox (1962), and Simon Le Bon (1958). After him are Johnny Clegg (1953), George Shearing (1919), Bernie Marsden (1951), Simon Phillips (1957), Ian McDonald (1946), and Phil Manzanera (1951).

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