MUSICIAN

Johnny Clegg

1953 - 2019

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Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 1953 – 16 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist. He first performed as part of a duo - Johnny & Sipho - with Sipho Mchunu which released its first single, Woza Friday in 1976. The two then went on to form the band Juluka which released its debut album in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Clegg has received more than 1,191,524 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Johnny Clegg is the 939th most popular musician (up from 1,084th in 2019), the 2,563rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,884th in 2019) and the 157th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Johnny Clegg ranks 939 out of 3,175. Before him are Jackson Browne, Simon Le Bon, James Galway, Tommy Aldridge, Sabicas, and Carmine Appice. After him are Mordechai Gebirtig, George Shearing, Bernie Marsden, Suga, Simon Phillips, and Holger Czukay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Johnny Clegg ranks 210. Before him are Meng Hongwei, Jean-Louis Gasset, Barry Sonnenfeld, Yoko Shimada, Yolande Moreau, and Dieter Zetsche. After him are Thomas Friedman, Władysław Kozakiewicz, David Deutsch, Tōru Furuya, Boris Grebenshchikov, and Graeme Souness. Among people deceased in 2019, Johnny Clegg ranks 226. Before him are Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Elio Sgreccia, John Tate, Alain Barrière, Gene Wolfe, and Dick Miller. After him are Peter Snell, Luciano De Crescenzo, Carlo Maria Abate, Julie Adams, Ram Dass, and Fernando J. Corbató.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Johnny Clegg ranks 2,563 out of 8,785. Before him are Edwin Landseer (1802), Bryan Johnson (1926), Freddie Highmore (1992), Robert Liston (1794), Æthelfrith (600), and Graham Hancock (1950). After him are Ben Miller (1966), George Shearing (1919), Banastre Tarleton (1754), Jonathan Edwards (1966), T. H. Marshall (1893), and Bernie Marsden (1951).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Johnny Clegg ranks 157. Before him are Fatboy Slim (1963), Würzel (1949), Mick Ronson (1946), Carl Cox (1962), Simon Le Bon (1958), and James Galway (1939). After him are George Shearing (1919), Bernie Marsden (1951), Simon Phillips (1957), Ian McDonald (1946), Phil Manzanera (1951), and Simon Wright (1963).

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