MUSICIAN

Jean-Luc Ponty

1942 - Today

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Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Luc Ponty has received more than 946,647 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Luc Ponty is the 781st most popular musician (down from 708th in 2019), the 3,255th most popular biography from France (down from 2,969th in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 950k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jean-Luc Ponties by language

Over the past year Jean-Luc Ponty has had the most page views in the with 127,109 views, followed by French (14,150), and Spanish (8,866). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (159.57%), Catalan (66.55%), and Azerbaijani (29.95%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jean-Luc Ponty ranks 781 out of 3,175Before him are Klaus Tennstedt, Carl Palmer, Paul van Dyk, Billy Sheehan, Stephen Heller, and Gary Burton. After him are Andi Deris, Grover Washington Jr., Jan Johansson, Haruomi Hosono, Mick Fleetwood, and Scott Walker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jean-Luc Ponty ranks 265Before him are Michael Jackson, Anatoly Berezovoy, Emília Vášáryová, Radu Vasile, Roberto Perfumo, and The Iron Sheik. After him are Pyotr Klimuk, Aritatsu Ogi, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Ademir da Guia, Lev Leshchenko, and Antoine Berman.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Luc Ponty ranks 3,255 out of 6,770Before him are Indila (1984), Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud (1798), Hugues Aufray (1929), Antoine de Rivarol (1753), Pal Benko (1928), and Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet (1831). After him are Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613), Charles Floquet (1828), Thierry Breton (1955), Niels Arestrup (1949), and Freya Stark (1893).

Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Jean-Luc Ponty ranks 39Before him are Christian Ferras (1933), Nicolas de Grigny (1672), Paul de Senneville (1933), Richard Galliano (1950), Pierre Baillot (1771), and Auguste Franchomme (1808). After him are Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825), Éric Serra (1959), Robert Casadesus (1899), Zino Francescatti (1902), Francis Cabrel (1953), and François Habeneck (1781).