1917 - 2001
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. The son of a sharecropper, he rose to prominence performing an electric guitar-style adaptation of Delta blues that he developed in Detroit. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talking blues and early North Mississippi hill country blues. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lee Hooker has received more than 3,121,935 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lee Hooker is the 131st most popular singer (down from 103rd in 2019), the 852nd most popular biography from United States (down from 662nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Singer.
John Lee Hooker is most famous for his blues music and his guitar playing.
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Among singers, John Lee Hooker ranks 131 out of 3,528. Before him are Gloria Estefan, Sandra, Claude François, Britney Spears, Lys Assia, and Caterina Valente. After him are Georges Brassens, Vicente Fernández, Kris Kristofferson, Thomas Anders, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Little Richard.
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 125
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 126
1939 - 1978
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 127
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 128
1924 - 2018
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 129
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 130
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 131
1921 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 132
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 133
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 134
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 135
1915 - 2006
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 136
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 137
Among people born in 1917, John Lee Hooker ranks 35. Before him are Sven Hassel, George Gaynes, Ferdinand Marcos, Dizzy Gillespie, Algirdas Julien Greimas, and Danielle Darrieux. After him are Thelonious Monk, Edward Norton Lorenz, Robert Burns Woodward, Barry Nelson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Kiro Gligorov. Among people deceased in 2001, John Lee Hooker ranks 25. Before him are Ernst Gombrich, Alberto Korda, William Hanna, Robert Ludlum, Marie José of Belgium, and Balthus. After him are Dương Văn Minh, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Zhang Xueliang, and Gilbert Bécaud.
1917 - 2012
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 29
1917 - 2016
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 30
1917 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 31
1917 - 1993
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 32
1917 - 1992
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 33
1917 - 2017
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 34
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 35
1917 - 1982
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 36
1917 - 2008
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 37
1917 - 1979
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 38
1917 - 2007
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 39
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 40
1917 - 2012
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 41
1909 - 2001
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 19
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 20
1910 - 2001
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 21
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 22
1906 - 2001
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 23
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 24
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 25
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 26
1923 - 2001
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 27
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 28
1922 - 2001
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 29
1901 - 2001
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 30
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 31
Among people born in United States, John Lee Hooker ranks 852 out of 18,182. Before him are Ritchie Valens (1941), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (1915), Britney Spears (1981), Mary Higgins Clark (1927), and James Hetfield (1963). After him are Paul Allen (1953), Samuel Barber (1910), Alan Arkin (1934), Bill Bixby (1934), John J. Pershing (1860), and Lynn Margulis (1938).
1941 - 1959
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 846
1933 - 1967
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 847
1915 - 2011
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 848
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 849
1927 - 2020
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 850
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 851
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 852
1953 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 853
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 854
1934 - 2023
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 855
1934 - 1993
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 856
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 857
1938 - 2011
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 858
Among singers born in United States, John Lee Hooker ranks 46. Before him are Roy Orbison (1936), Dolly Parton (1946), Marvin Gaye (1939), Harry Belafonte (1927), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and Britney Spears (1981). After him are Kris Kristofferson (1936), Little Richard (1932), Al Jarreau (1940), Suzi Quatro (1950), Laura Branigan (1952), and Billy Joel (1949).
1936 - 1988
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 40
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 42
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 43
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 44
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 45
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 47
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 48
1940 - 2017
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 50
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 51
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 52