1978 - Today
John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, and actor. He began his musical career working behind the scenes for other artists, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's "Everything Is Everything," and performing as an uncredited backing vocalist on Jay-Z's "Encore" and Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name". He was the first artist to sign with Kanye West's GOOD Music, through which he released his debut studio album, Get Lifted (2004). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Legend has received more than 21,440,014 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). John Legend is the 1,205th most popular musician (up from 1,352nd in 2019), the 5,992nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,727th in 2019) and the 448th most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, John Legend ranks 1,205 out of 2,662. Before him are Valentina Lisitsa, Pixinguinha, Sonny Clark, Takanori Nishikawa, Steve Miller, and Jim Keltner. After him are Nani Bregvadze, Herbie Mann, Thad Jones, Boris Grebenshchikov, Christian Zacharias, and Bert Jansch.
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 1,199
1897 - 1973
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 1,200
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 1,201
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 1,202
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 1,203
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,204
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 1,205
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 1,206
1930 - 2003
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 1,207
1923 - 1986
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 1,208
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 1,209
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 1,210
1943 - 2011
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 1,211
Among people born in 1978, John Legend ranks 71. Before him are Tomáš Ujfaluši, Don Omar, Lionel Scaloni, Gwendoline Christie, Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco, and Usher. After him are Dominic Cooper, Igor Tudor, Topher Grace, Philippe Jaroussky, Azis, and Matthew Goode.
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 65
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 66
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 67
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 68
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 69
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 70
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 71
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 72
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 73
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 74
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 75
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 76
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 77
Among people born in United States, John Legend ranks 5,992 out of 18,182. Before him are Dorothea Klumpke (1861), Martha Jefferson (1748), Rosa Ponselle (1897), Lee Cronbach (1916), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), and Adoniram Judson (1788). After him are Sandy Koufax (1935), Jack Gilford (1908), Tina Fey (1970), Big E (1986), R. J. Palacio (1963), and Rudy Van Gelder (1924).
1861 - 1942
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 5,986
1748 - 1782
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 5,987
1897 - 1981
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 5,988
1916 - 2001
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 5,989
1848 - 1901
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 5,990
1788 - 1850
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 5,991
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,992
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,993
1908 - 1990
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,994
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,995
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,996
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,997
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 5,998
Among musicians born in United States, John Legend ranks 448. Before him are Steven Adler (1965), Herb Ellis (1921), Al Kooper (1944), Sonny Clark (1931), Steve Miller (1943), and Jim Keltner (1942). After him are Herbie Mann (1930), Thad Jones (1923), Dave Alexander (1947), Vinnie Paul (1964), George Winston (1949), and Blind Willie Johnson (1897).
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 442
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 443
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 444
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 445
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 446
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 447
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 448
1930 - 2003
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 449
1923 - 1986
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 450
1947 - 1975
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 451
1964 - 2018
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 452
1949 - 2023
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 453
1897 - 1945
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 454