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John McLaughlin

1942 - Today

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John McLaughlin (born 4 January 1942), also known as Mahavishnu, is an English guitarist, bandleader, and composer. A pioneer of jazz fusion, his music combines elements of jazz with rock, world music, Western classical music, flamenco, and blues. After contributing to several key British groups of the early 1960s, McLaughlin made Extrapolation, his first album as a bandleader, in 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John McLaughlin has received more than 123,724 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). John McLaughlin is the 236th most popular musician (up from 320th in 2019), the 915th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,123rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Musician.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John McLaughlin ranks 236 out of 2,662. Before him are Toots Thielemans, Isaac Stern, Maria Theresia von Paradis, John Mayall, Keith Moon, and Paul Stanley. After him are Mauro Giuliani, Louis Vierne, Steve Harris, Karl Jenkins, Mike Portnoy, and Narciso Yepes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John McLaughlin ranks 101. Before him are John Cale, Terry Jones, Manolo Blahnik, Mike Newell, Maria Kaczyńska, and Robert H. Grubbs. After him are Karen Grassle, Bob Ross, Valeri Polyakov, Jacques Dubochet, Britt Ekland, and Hannu Mikkola.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John McLaughlin ranks 915 out of 7,765. Before him are H. H. Asquith (1852), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), William Henry Perkin (1838), Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), and David I of Scotland (1084). After him are Dua Lipa (1995), Jim Broadbent (1949), Alexander R. Todd (1907), Colin Chapman (1928), Sarah Brightman (1960), and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, John McLaughlin ranks 54. Before him are Pete Townshend (1945), John Cale (1942), Billy Idol (1955), Ken Hensley (1945), John Mayall (1933), and Keith Moon (1946). After him are Steve Harris (1956), Karl Jenkins (1944), Slash (1965), Ian Curtis (1956), Cozy Powell (1947), and Roger Daltrey (1944).

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