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. 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 2,222,267 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Lee Hooker is the 103rd most popular singer (down from 96th in 2019), the 662nd most popular biography from United States (down from 606th in 2019) and the 43rd 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 103 out of 3,541. Before him are Yma Sumac, Mirella Freni, Donna Summer, Roy Orbison, Rihanna, and Robin Gibb. After him are Alla Pugacheva, Françoise Hardy, Harry Belafonte, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, and Klaus Meine.
1923 - 2008
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 97
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 98
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 99
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 100
1988 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 101
1949 - 2012
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 102
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 103
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 104
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 105
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 106
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 107
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 108
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 109
Among people born in 1917, John Lee Hooker ranks 23. Before him are Óscar Romero, Ferdinand Marcos, Anthony Burgess, Christian de Duve, Robert Mitchum, and Otto Günsche. After him are Sven Hassel, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Edward Norton Lorenz, Rochus Misch, Fernando Rey, and Jean-Pierre Melville. Among people deceased in 2001, John Lee Hooker ranks 23. Before him are William Hanna, Fred Hoyle, Robert Ludlum, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Alberto Korda, and Wilhelm Mohnke. After him are Balthus, Nikolay Basov, Douglas Adams, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Gilbert Bécaud, and Marie José of Belgium.
1917 - 1980
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 17
1917 - 1989
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 18
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 19
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 20
1917 - 1997
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 21
1917 - 2003
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 22
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 23
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 24
1917 - 1979
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 25
1917 - 2008
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 26
1917 - 2013
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 27
1917 - 1994
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 28
1917 - 1973
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 29
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 17
1915 - 2001
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 18
1927 - 2001
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 19
1939 - 2001
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 20
1928 - 2001
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 21
1911 - 2001
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 22
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 23
1908 - 2001
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 24
1922 - 2001
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 25
1952 - 2001
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 26
1923 - 2001
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 27
1927 - 2001
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 28
1906 - 2001
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 29
Among people born in United States, John Lee Hooker ranks 662 out of 15,968. Before him are Glenn Miller (1904), Magic Johnson (1959), Walter Matthau (1920), Irving Langmuir (1881), Asaph Hall (1829), and Larry Hagman (1931). After him are Matthew C. Perry (1794), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Hattie McDaniel (1893), Margaret Hamilton (1936), and Wyatt Earp (1848).
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 656
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 657
1920 - 2000
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 658
1881 - 1957
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 659
1829 - 1907
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 660
1931 - 2012
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 661
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 662
1794 - 1858
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 663
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 664
1929 - 2019
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 665
1893 - 1952
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 666
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 667
1848 - 1929
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 668
Among singers born in United States, John Lee Hooker ranks 43. Before him are Dolly Parton (1946), Gwen Stefani (1969), Kenny Rogers (1938), Diana Ross (1944), Donna Summer (1948), and Roy Orbison (1936). After him are Harry Belafonte (1927), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Kris Kristofferson (1936), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), Billy Joel (1949), and Ben E. King (1938).
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 37
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 38
1938 - 2020
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 40
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 41
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 42
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 43
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 44
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 45
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 46
1962 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 47
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 48
1938 - 2015
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 49