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Jan Akkerman

1946 - Today

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Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Akkerman has received more than 496,518 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jan Akkerman is the 691st most popular musician (up from 727th in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 425th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Dutch Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jan Akkerman ranks 691 out of 2,662Before him are The Big Bopper, Paul Kantner, Jörg Demus, Chris Squire, Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, and Ahmad Jamal. After him are Zequinha de Abreu, Evgeny Kissin, Xaver Scharwenka, Ingrid Haebler, Candy Dulfer, and Ricardo Viñes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Jan Akkerman ranks 234Before him are George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Slim Borgudd, Salif Keïta, Clemente Domínguez y Gómez, Ewa Kłobukowska, and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa. After him are Bruce Buck, Marián Čalfa, Raël, Renzo Zorzi, Henryk Kasperczak, and Willy van der Kuijlen.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Akkerman ranks 428 out of 1,427Before him are Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621), Isaac Israëls (1865), Adriaan Blaauw (1914), Frans Post (1612), Caesar van Everdingen (1616), and Rudi Carrell (1934). After him are Jacob van Eyck (1590), Peter Hans Kolvenbach (1928), Macropedius (1487), Gerard Reve (1923), Candy Dulfer (1969), and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857).

Among MUSICIANS In Netherlands

Among musicians born in Netherlands, Jan Akkerman ranks 8Before him are Bernard Haitink (1929), Eddie Van Halen (1955), Tiësto (1969), Armin van Buuren (1976), Ton Koopman (1944), and Frans Brüggen (1934). After him are Candy Dulfer (1969), Eduard van Beinum (1900), Alex Van Halen (1953), Martin Garrix (1996), Adrian Vandenberg (1954), and Bart Berman (1938).