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Jan Hammer

1948 - Today

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Jan Hammer (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈɦamɛr]) (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program Miami Vice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Hammer has received more than 985,084 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jan Hammer is the 479th most popular musician (up from 489th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 238th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Czech Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 990k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jan Hammer ranks 479 out of 2,662. Before him are Bronisław Huberman, Ian McDonald, Salvatore Accardo, Dee Dee Ramone, Uli Jon Roth, and Gato Barbieri. After him are Milton Nascimento, Ginette Neveu, David Helfgott, Alexander Gradsky, Tommy Bolin, and Pat Metheny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Jan Hammer ranks 147. Before him are Bill Ward, John de Lancie, Jean-Louis Schlesser, Margot Kidder, James Faulkner, and Jim Carter. After him are Oliver Hart, Yuriy Yekhanurov, Cassandra Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Maye Musk, and Frans de Waal.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Hammer ranks 249 out of 973. Before him are Jan Kodeš (1946), Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619), Erhard Raus (1889), Karel Reisz (1926), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862), and Helena Vondráčková (1947). After him are Hugo Meisl (1881), Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (1031), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Silvia Saint (1976), Vincenz Priessnitz (1799), and Dominik Duka (1943).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Jan Hammer ranks 7. Before him are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Alfred Brendel (1931), David Popper (1843), Wojciech Żywny (1756), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), and Rudolf Serkin (1903). After him are Jan Kubelík (1880), Josef Suk (1929), Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812), Ivan Mládek (1942), Eduard Nápravník (1839), and Miroslav Vitouš (1947).

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