MUSICIAN

Jon Lord

1941 - 2012

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John Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012) was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous members in the band between 1968 and 1976, and also from its revival in 1984 until his retirement in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Lord has received more than 2,055,895 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Jon Lord is the 72nd most popular musician (down from 70th in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 323rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Musician.

Jon Lord is most famous for being the keyboardist for the band Deep Purple. He is also known for his solo work, including "Pictures of Home" and "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast."

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jon Lord ranks 72 out of 3,175. Before him are Ritchie Blackmore, Django Reinhardt, Mstislav Rostropovich, Dean Martin, Jamiroquai, and Robert Fripp. After him are Pablo de Sarasate, Richard Clayderman, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Paco de Lucía, Yehudi Menuhin, and Robert Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jon Lord ranks 28. Before him are Graham Chapman, Harry Nilsson, Ryan O'Neal, Charlie Watts, Vivienne Westwood, and Julia Kristeva. After him are Tadao Ando, Jon Brower Minnoch, Laura Antonelli, Fausto Cercignani, Flórián Albert, and Dick Cheney. Among people deceased in 2012, Jon Lord ranks 13. Before him are Yitzhak Shamir, Griselda Blanco, Ahmed Ben Bella, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Tony Scott, and Michael Clarke Duncan. After him are Eric Hobsbawm, Elinor Ostrom, Theo Angelopoulos, George Tupou V, Sylvia Kristel, and Roger Garaudy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jon Lord ranks 318 out of 8,785. Before him are Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Vivienne Westwood (1941), Frederick Sanger (1918), Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Stanley Matthews (1915), and Arthur Harden (1865). After him are John Hurt (1940), Ian Gillan (1945), Edmund Ironside (993), Edmund I (921), Frederick Soddy (1877), and James V of Scotland (1512).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Jon Lord ranks 25. Before him are Roger Taylor (1949), Brian Jones (1942), John Deacon (1951), Charlie Watts (1941), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), and Robert Fripp (1946). After him are Richard Wright (1943), Angus Young (1955), Lemmy (1945), John Bonham (1948), Sid Vicious (1957), and Nick Mason (1944).

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