1968 - Today
Jon Ryan Schaffer (; born March 15, 1968) is an American heavy metal musician. He is the rhythm guitarist, bandleader and principal songwriter of the Indiana-based heavy metal band Iced Earth, which he formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory. He is also the lead singer in his political side project Sons of Liberty and, until 2021, played guitar for Demons & Wizards, his collaboration with Blind Guardian frontman Hansi Kürsch. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Schaffer has received more than 787,738 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Jon Schaffer is the 2,271st most popular musician (down from 2,101st in 2019), the 12,062nd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,005th in 2019) and the 953rd most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Jon Schaffer ranks 2,271 out of 2,662. Before him are Erlend Øye, Ginger Fish, Charlie Clouser, Daniil Trifonov, Mai Kuraki, and Armand van Helden. After him are Stuart Hamm, Sascha Gerstner, Jeff Young, Jon Carin, Jónsi, and Hughie Thomasson.
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 2,265
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 2,266
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.99
Rank: 2,267
1991 - Present
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 2,268
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 2,269
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 2,270
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 2,271
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 2,272
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 2,273
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 2,274
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 2,275
1975 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 2,276
1952 - 2007
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 2,277
Among people born in 1968, Jon Schaffer ranks 479. Before him are Michael Bartels, Warren Ellis, William Regal, Rory Kennedy, Niamh Kavanagh, and Naoya Ogawa. After him are Alan Budikusuma, Shinichiro Tani, Fatou Diome, Jennifer Lynch, Hisashi Kurosaki, and Peter van Vossen.
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 473
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.02
Rank: 474
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 475
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.99
Rank: 476
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 477
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 478
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 479
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 480
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.85
Rank: 481
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 482
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.82
Rank: 483
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 484
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 485
Among people born in United States, Jon Schaffer ranks 12,062 out of 18,182. Before him are Armand van Helden (1970), Sasha Cohen (1984), Nicholas F. Brady (1930), Bill Williams (1915), Emanuel Pastreich (1964), and Albert Gore Sr. (1907). After him are Fred Melamed (1956), Sabu (1964), Ashley Olsen (1986), Jackie Fields (1908), Richard Jeni (1957), and Stuart Hamm (1960).
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,056
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,057
1930 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,058
1915 - 1992
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,059
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,060
1907 - 1998
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,061
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 12,062
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 12,063
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 12,064
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 12,065
1908 - 1987
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 12,066
1957 - 2007
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 12,067
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 12,068
Among musicians born in United States, Jon Schaffer ranks 953. Before him are Ryan Adams (1974), Johnny Horton (1925), Brandon Flowers (1981), Ginger Fish (1965), Charlie Clouser (1963), and Armand van Helden (1970). After him are Stuart Hamm (1960), Jeff Young (1962), Jon Carin (1964), Hughie Thomasson (1952), David Lovering (1961), and Joey Baron (1955).
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.07
Rank: 947
1925 - 1960
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 948
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 949
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 950
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.99
Rank: 951
1970 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 952
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.94
Rank: 953
1960 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 954
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 955
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 956
1952 - 2007
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 957
1961 - Present
HPI: 37.89
Rank: 958
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 959