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Jimmy Page

1944 - Today

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James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician and producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Prolific in creating guitar riffs, Page's style involves various alternative guitar tunings and melodic solos, coupled with aggressive, distorted guitar tones. It is also characterized by his folk and eastern-influenced acoustic work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Page has received more than 14,058,038 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Jimmy Page is the 53rd most popular musician (up from 55th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 264th in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Musician.

Jimmy Page is most famous for being the guitarist and lead songwriter for the band Led Zeppelin.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jimmy Page ranks 53 out of 3,175. Before him are Goran Bregović, B.B. King, Isaac Albéniz, Victor Borge, Pablo Casals, and Bruce Springsteen. After him are Amir Khusrow, Roger Taylor, Vladimir Horowitz, Brian Jones, Benny Andersson, and Baroness Mary Vetsera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jimmy Page ranks 19. Before him are Ernő Rubik, Carlos Alberto Torres, Joe Cocker, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Miloš Zeman, and Joe Frazier. After him are Alan Parker, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Scott, Rafic Hariri, Angela Davis, and Sali Berisha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Page ranks 243 out of 8,785. Before him are John Law (1671), Edward the Black Prince (1330), John Constable (1776), Jeremy Irons (1948), Ken Miles (1918), and Ken Follett (1949). After him are Phil Collins (1951), Francis Galton (1822), Peter Higgs (1929), Roger Taylor (1949), James II of England (1633), and Alan Parker (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jimmy Page ranks 18. Before him are Roger Waters (1943), Pete Townshend (1945), Keith Richards (1943), Sting (1951), David Gilmour (1946), and Syd Barrett (1946). After him are Roger Taylor (1949), Brian Jones (1942), John Deacon (1951), Charlie Watts (1941), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), and Robert Fripp (1946).

British born Musicians

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