1959 - Today
John James Sykes (born 29 July 1959) is an English guitarist, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He has also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and released several solo albums. Following a stint in the heavy metal band Tygers of Pan Tang in the early 1980s, Sykes joined Irish hard rock group Thin Lizzy for their 1983 album Thunder and Lightning. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sykes has received more than 1,118,535 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Sykes is the 1,524th most popular musician (down from 1,358th in 2019), the 3,948th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,518th in 2019) and the 250th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, John Sykes ranks 1,524 out of 2,662. Before him are Jerry Cantrell, Richard Rodney Bennett, Francesco De Gregori, Mike Mills, Kenney Jones, and Allen Toussaint. After him are Hardwell, Julieta Venegas, Stanley Turrentine, Delia Derbyshire, Mel Tormé, and Michael Steele.
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 1,518
1936 - 2012
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 1,519
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 1,520
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 1,521
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 1,522
1938 - 2015
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 1,523
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 1,524
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 1,525
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 1,526
1934 - 2000
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 1,527
1937 - 2001
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 1,528
1925 - 1999
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 1,529
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 1,530
Among people born in 1959, John Sykes ranks 270. Before him are Fernando Chalana, Flavor Flav, Paula Yates, Maria Guleghina, Kuniharu Nakamoto, and Glenn Hysén. After him are Brendan Perry, Jayne Atkinson, Jim Kerr, Susanna Clarke, Charlie Murphy, and Tom Arnold.
1959 - 2022
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 264
1959 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 265
1959 - 2000
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 266
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 267
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.92
Rank: 268
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 269
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 270
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 271
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 272
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 273
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 274
1959 - 2017
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 275
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 276
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Sykes ranks 3,948 out of 7,765. Before him are Kenney Jones (1948), Vivian Woodward (1879), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Jamie Hewlett (1968), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), and Brian Aherne (1902). After him are Julian Barbour (1937), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Morton Betts (1847), Brendan Perry (1959), Wilbert Awdry (1911), and Charles Wilkins (1749).
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 3,942
1879 - 1954
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 3,943
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,944
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,945
1900 - 1975
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,946
1902 - 1986
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,947
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,948
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,949
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,950
1847 - 1914
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,951
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,952
1911 - 1997
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,953
1749 - 1836
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,954
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, John Sykes ranks 250. Before him are Aynsley Dunbar (1946), Simon Gallup (1960), John Ogdon (1937), Dennis Brain (1921), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), and Kenney Jones (1948). After him are Delia Derbyshire (1937), Beth Gibbons (1965), Maxim (1967), Ronnie Lane (1946), Bev Bevan (1944), and Richard Sinclair (1948).
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 244
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 245
1937 - 1989
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 246
1921 - 1957
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 247
1936 - 2012
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 248
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 249
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 250
1937 - 2001
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 251
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 252
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 253
1946 - 1997
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 254
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 255
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 256