MUSICIAN

Jeff Hanneman

1964 - 2013

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Jeffrey John Hanneman (January 31, 1964 – May 2, 2013) was an American musician, best known as a founding member and guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman composed both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013. Born in 1964 in Long Beach, California, Hanneman listened to heavy metal and hardcore punk in his childhood and adolescence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Hanneman has received more than 2,732,529 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeff Hanneman is the 667th most popular musician (up from 786th in 2019), the 3,400th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,964th in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Musician.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 53.85

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jeff Hanneman ranks 667 out of 3,175Before him are Vasco Rossi, Ma Rainey, Nicolas de Grigny, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Roger Hodgson, and Mick Mars. After him are Nikolai Zverev, Jan Akkerman, Eric Woolfson, Chas Chandler, Peter Schreier, and Chaka Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Jeff Hanneman ranks 101Before him are Christian Louboutin, Branco, Banana Yoshimoto, Edith González, Mariska Hargitay, and Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš. After him are Lars Mikkelsen, Gore Verbinski, Eddie Vedder, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hide, and Rob Lowe. Among people deceased in 2013, Jeff Hanneman ranks 170Before him are Eero Mäntyranta, Patti Page, Tom Sharpe, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Marc Rich, and Armando Trovajoli. After him are Yury Yakovlev, Julie Harris, Tony Musante, Lau Kar-leung, Hjalmar Andersen, and Wadih El Safi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Hanneman ranks 3,400 out of 20,380Before him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), Marlee Matlin (1965), Paul Castellano (1915), Seth Rollins (1986), Mick Mars (1951), and Jack Cassidy (1927). After him are Robert D. Putnam (1941), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (1954), Horace McCoy (1897), Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), and Vernor Vinge (1944).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jeff Hanneman ranks 204Before him are Dick Dale (1937), Michael Stipe (1960), Alec John Such (1951), Ric Ocasek (1949), Ma Rainey (1886), and Mick Mars (1951). After him are Chaka Khan (1953), Benny Golson (1929), Eddie Vedder (1964), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Lead Belly (1888), and Scotty Moore (1931).