MUSICIAN

Johnny Ramone

1948 - 2004

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John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Ramone has received more than 3,686,164 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Johnny Ramone is the 334th most popular musician (down from 306th in 2019), the 1,859th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,773rd in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Musician.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Johnny Ramone ranks 334 out of 3,175. Before him are Avril Lavigne, Count Basie, Paul Desmond, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Paul Landers, and Franco Battiato. After him are John McLaughlin, Fred Durst, Jan Garbarek, Alicia de Larrocha, Matteo Carcassi, and Leonid Kogan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Johnny Ramone ranks 116. Before him are Hans Rosling, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Susan Atkins, Jonathan Hyde, Thierry Mugler, and Robert Jordan. After him are Jimmy Cliff, Hema Malini, Charles Taylor, Krešimir Ćosić, Carel Struycken, and Donna Karan. Among people deceased in 2004, Johnny Ramone ranks 62. Before him are Carlos Lacoste, Nikolai Chernykh, Matthäus Hetzenauer, John Pople, Philip Abelson, and Saizo Saito. After him are John Charles, Roque Máspoli, Marika Rökk, Richard Avedon, Lennart Bernadotte, and Raymond Goethals.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Johnny Ramone ranks 1,859 out of 20,380. Before him are Loretta Young (1913), Isamu Noguchi (1904), Yaphet Kotto (1939), Carole King (1942), Agnes Moorehead (1900), and Dave Bautista (1969). After him are Kathryn Joosten (1939), Chris Evert (1954), Fred Durst (1970), Arthur Danto (1924), Andy Kaufman (1949), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (1966).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Johnny Ramone ranks 94. Before him are Fats Domino (1928), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Sonny Rollins (1930), Eric Carr (1950), Count Basie (1904), and Paul Desmond (1924). After him are Fred Durst (1970), Peter Criss (1945), Bruno Mars (1985), Moby (1965), Bo Diddley (1928), and Peggy Lee (1920).

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