1944 - 2023
Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Beck has received more than 9,266,337 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Jeff Beck is the 32nd most popular musician (down from 25th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 174th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Musician.
Jeff Beck is most famous for being one of the best rock guitarists in the world. He has been a member of many famous bands, including The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, and Beck, Bogert & Appice.
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Among musicians, Jeff Beck ranks 32 out of 2,662. Before him are Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Scatman John, Bon Scott, Martha Argerich, and Miles Davis. After him are Frank Zappa, Roger Taylor, Cat Stevens, Björn Ulvaeus, Giuseppe Tartini, and Maria Anna Mozart.
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 27
1942 - 1999
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 28
1946 - 1980
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 29
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 30
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 31
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 32
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 33
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 34
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 35
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 36
1692 - 1770
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 37
1751 - 1829
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1944, Jeff Beck ranks 8. Before him are Gerhard Schröder, Michael Douglas, Ban Ki-moon, Miloš Zeman, George Lucas, and Barry White. After him are Alexander Van der Bellen, Reinhold Messner, Rutger Hauer, Ernő Rubik, Geraldine Chaplin, and Dzhokhar Dudayev. Among people deceased in 2023, Jeff Beck ranks 2. Before him is Constantine II of Greece. After him are Just Fontaine, Carlos Saura, Raquel Welch, K. Alex Müller, Paul Berg, Hans Modrow, Burt Bacharach, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Gianluca Vialli, and Lisa Marie Presley.
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 2
1944 - Present
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 3
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 4
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 6
1944 - 2003
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 7
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 10
1944 - 2019
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 11
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 13
1944 - 1996
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 14
1940 - 2023
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 1
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 2
1933 - 2023
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 3
1932 - 2023
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 4
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 5
1927 - 2023
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 6
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 7
1928 - 2023
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 8
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 9
1942 - 2023
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 10
1964 - 2023
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 11
1968 - 2023
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeff Beck ranks 188 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward Smith (1850), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Humphry Davy (1778), Henry I of England (1068), Elizabeth Woodville (1437), and Mary Boleyn (1499). After him are Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), J. K. Rowling (1965), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Thomas Newcomen (1663), Roald Dahl (1916), and Roger Taylor (1949).
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 182
1900 - 1979
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 183
1778 - 1829
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 184
1068 - 1135
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 185
1437 - 1492
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 186
1499 - 1543
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 187
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 188
1889 - 1975
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 189
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 190
1496 - 1533
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 191
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 192
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 193
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 194
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jeff Beck ranks 12. Before him are George Harrison (1943), Ringo Starr (1940), Mark Knopfler (1949), Eric Clapton (1945), Keith Richards (1943), and Bon Scott (1946). After him are Roger Taylor (1949), Cat Stevens (1948), Brian Jones (1942), John Deacon (1951), Sting (1951), and Lemmy (1945).
1943 - 2001
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 8
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 9
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 10
1946 - 1980
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 11
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 12
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 13
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 14
1942 - 1969
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 15
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 16
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 17
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 18