MUSICIAN

James Williamson

1949 - Today

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James Robert Williamson (born October 29, 1949) is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. He was a member of the iconic proto-punk rock band The Stooges, notably on the influential album Raw Power and in the reformed Stooges from 2009 to 2016. Between his stints in music, Williamson worked in Silicon Valley developing computer chips. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Williamson has received more than 15,420 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. James Williamson is the 2,239th most popular musician (down from 2,016th in 2019), the 11,872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,478th in 2019) and the 901st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of James Williamsons by language

Over the past year James Williamson has had the most page views in the with 3,158 views, followed by Russian (2,590), and Japanese (2,562). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (78.86%), Egyptian Arabic (72.88%), and Romanian (22.75%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, James Williamson ranks 2,239 out of 3,175. Before him are Maxim Fadeev, Marco Masini, Roy Z, Bushido, William Orbit, and Nicky Romero. After him are Steve Angello, Virgil Donati, Tim Commerford, Oleksandr Ponomariov, DJ Hell, and Susanna Mälkki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, James Williamson ranks 697. Before him are Leslie Feinberg, Blase J. Cupich, Poul Ruders, Trevor Coker, Sean Chen, and Christina Heinich. After him are Yuri Balashov, Robert D. Cabana, Günther Schumacher, Mihály Kozma, Natalya Lebedeva, and Zygmunt Kalinowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Williamson ranks 11,872 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Egan (1932), Matt Letscher (1970), Mike Hagerty (1954), Josh McDermitt (1978), Jon Abrahams (1977), and Tania Raymonde (1988). After him are Einar Haugen (1906), John Bell Hatcher (1861), Joseph M. Acaba (1967), Jonathan Breck (1965), Norma McCorvey (1947), and Alice Evans (1971).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, James Williamson ranks 901. Before him are Stanley Jordan (1959), Bob Gaudio (1942), Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), Lisa Lopes (1971), Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), and Roy Z (1963). After him are Tim Commerford (1968), Gil Shaham (1971), Earl Hooker (1930), David Murray (1955), Dave Sabo (1964), and Hughie Thomasson (1952).

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