1963 - Today
Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of another power metal band Helloween, which he was a part of from 1983 to 1989 and rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent figure in power metal and has sold millions of albums worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kai Hansen has received more than 616,630 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Kai Hansen is the 508th most popular musician (up from 534th in 2019), the 2,188th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,226th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Musician.
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Among musicians, Kai Hansen ranks 508 out of 2,662. Before him are Mick Mars, Paul Landers, Bebo Valdés, Ira Gershwin, Michael Hutchence, and Annie Fischer. After him are Jacques Loussier, Archie Shepp, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Jermaine Jackson, Aldo Ciccolini, and Tommy Ramone.
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 502
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 503
1918 - 2013
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 504
1896 - 1983
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 505
1960 - 1997
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 506
1914 - 1995
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 507
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 508
1934 - 2019
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 509
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 510
1688 - 1758
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 511
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 512
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 513
1949 - 2014
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 514
Among people born in 1963, Kai Hansen ranks 82. Before him are Vladimir Petković, Junji Ito, Roberto Donadoni, David Yates, Hakeem Olajuwon, and Mikkey Dee. After him are Coolio, Mike Pompeo, May-Britt Moser, David Moyes, Tom Cavanagh, and Eric McCormack.
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 76
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 77
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 78
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 79
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 80
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 81
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 82
1963 - 2022
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 83
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 84
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 85
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 86
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 87
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 88
Among people born in Germany, Kai Hansen ranks 2,188 out of 6,142. Before him are Erasmus Reinhold (1511), Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), Hermann Breith (1892), and Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647). After him are Franz Reuleaux (1829), Bruno Loerzer (1891), Handrij Zejler (1804), Konrad von Jungingen (1355), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), and Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749).
1511 - 1553
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 2,182
1724 - 1796
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 2,183
1673 - 1741
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 2,184
1779 - 1824
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 2,185
1892 - 1964
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 2,186
1647 - 1709
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 2,187
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 2,188
1829 - 1905
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 2,189
1891 - 1960
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 2,190
1804 - 1872
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 2,191
1355 - 1407
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,192
1821 - 1896
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,193
1749 - 1818
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 2,194
Among musicians born in Germany, Kai Hansen ranks 26. Before him are Matthias Jabs (1955), Bert Kaempfert (1923), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Ralf Hütter (1946), and Paul Landers (1964). After him are Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688), Klaus Voormann (1938), Christian Lorenz (1966), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Rudolf Kempe (1910), and Peter Schreier (1935).
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 20
1923 - 1980
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 21
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 23
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 25
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 26
1688 - 1758
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 27
1938 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 28
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 29
1724 - 1763
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 30
1910 - 1976
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 31
1935 - 2019
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 32