MUSICIAN

Janick Gers

1957 - Today

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Janick Robert Gers (; born 27 January 1957) is an English musician who is best known as one of the three guitarists in heavy metal band Iron Maiden since 1990. He initially joined to replace Adrian Smith, but remained in the band after Smith rejoined in 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janick Gers has received more than 1,533,016 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Janick Gers is the 455th most popular musician (down from 381st in 2019), the 1,473rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,299th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Janick Gers ranks 455 out of 3,175. Before him are John Frusciante, Dionisio Aguado y García, Mitsuko Uchida, Marco Hietala, Ralf Hütter, and Bud Powell. After him are Jan Hammer, Serj Tankian, Tansen, Aarre Merikanto, Rezső Seress, and Vince Clarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Janick Gers ranks 71. Before him are Bamir Topi, Carrie Lam, Włodzimierz Smolarek, Timothy Spall, Joaquim de Almeida, and Wolfgang Ketterle. After him are Lucien Favre, Klaus Augenthaler, Fred Vargas, Antonio Cabrini, Alu Alkhanov, and Shigeru Ban.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Janick Gers ranks 1,473 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Wyatt (1503), J. Lee Thompson (1914), David Garrick (1717), Edward Young (1683), John Graunt (1620), and Roland Joffé (1945). After him are Ealhswith (852), Emilia Clarke (1986), Howard Staunton (1810), Billy Connolly (1942), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), and Bertram Ramsay (1883).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Janick Gers ranks 89. Before him are Wallace Hartley (1878), Dan McCafferty (1946), Andy Summers (1942), Robert Wyatt (1945), Alvin Lee (1944), and Elvis Costello (1954). After him are Vince Clarke (1960), Jeff Lynne (1947), Bill Ward (1948), Trevor Horn (1949), Greg Lake (1947), and Dick Taylor (1943).

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