New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MUSICIAN

Jeff Lynne

1947 - Today

Photo of Jeff Lynne

Icon of person Jeff Lynne

Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is the co-founder and leader of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970, and as a songwriter has written most of the band's hits, including "Evil Woman", "Livin' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Lynne has received more than 8,311,034 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jeff Lynne is the 501st most popular musician (down from 488th in 2019), the 1,613th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,593rd in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jeff Lynnes by language


Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jeff Lynne ranks 501 out of 2,662. Before him are Varg Vikernes, Ralf Hütter, Ton Koopman, Joan Jett, Lionel Hampton, and Mikkey Dee. After him are Mick Mars, Paul Landers, Bebo Valdés, Ira Gershwin, Michael Hutchence, and Annie Fischer.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Jeff Lynne ranks 160. Before him are David Helfgott, Philippe Herreweghe, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Jerzy Stuhr, Alan Dale, and William Atherton. After him are James Cosmo, Jiro Taniguchi, Jacob Bekenstein, Mitch Mitchell, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, and Dan Quayle.

Others Born in 1947

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeff Lynne ranks 1,613 out of 7,765. Before him are George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), Thomas Rowlandson (1756), Penelope Wilton (1946), Richard Adams (1920), and Taliesin (518). After him are Christopher Hitchens (1949), John Henry Poynting (1852), Trevor Howard (1913), Hugh Fraser (1945), James Cosmo (1947), and Geraldine James (1950).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jeff Lynne ranks 95. Before him are Dick Taylor (1943), Bill Ward (1948), Roger Hodgson (1950), Ian McDonald (1946), Steve Hackett (1950), and Rick Davies (1944). After him are Mitch Mitchell (1947), Vince Clarke (1960), Steve Howe (1947), Clive Burr (1957), Alan Walker (1997), and The Edge (1961).

British born Musicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL