1945 - 2020
Kenneth William David Hensley (24 August 1945 – 4 November 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s.He wrote or co-wrote the majority of Uriah Heep's songs during this period, including the hit singles "Lady in Black" (on which he sang lead vocals), "Easy Livin'" and "Stealin'", as well as "Look at Yourself", and "Free Me". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Hensley has received more than 668,918 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ken Hensley is the 330th most popular musician (down from 266th in 2019), the 1,150th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 935th in 2019) and the 68th most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Ken Hensley ranks 330 out of 2,675. Before him are Johnny Ramone, Dionisio Aguado y García, PJ Harvey, Peggy Lee, Ry Cooder, and Valery Gergiev. After him are Tony Allen, Tiësto, Alice Herz-Sommer, Nikolai Kapustin, Clara Rockmore, and Steve Vai.
1948 - 2004
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 324
1784 - 1849
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 325
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 326
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 327
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 328
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 329
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 330
1940 - 2020
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 331
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 332
1903 - 2014
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 333
1937 - 2020
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 334
1911 - 1998
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 335
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 336
Among people born in 1945, Ken Hensley ranks 91. Before him are Patch Adams, Türkan Şoray, Lee Jong-wook, Go Nagai, Moncef Marzouki, and Tammam Salam. After him are Wim Suurbier, Joël Robuchon, George Miller, Linda Lee Cadwell, Elis Regina, and Yuen Woo-ping. Among people deceased in 2020, Ken Hensley ranks 125. Before him are Miloš Jakeš, Stuart Whitman, Astrid Kirchherr, Amadeo Carrizo, Amadou Toumani Touré, and Jack Welch. After him are Vladica Popović, Hamed Karoui, Tony Allen, Wim Suurbier, Nikolai Kapustin, and Juan Marsé.
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 85
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 86
1945 - 2006
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 87
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 88
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 89
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 90
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 91
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 92
1945 - 2018
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 93
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 94
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 95
1945 - 1982
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 96
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 97
1922 - 2020
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 119
1928 - 2020
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 120
1938 - 2020
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 121
1926 - 2020
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 122
1948 - 2020
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 123
1935 - 2020
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 124
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 125
1935 - 2020
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 126
1927 - 2020
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 127
1940 - 2020
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 128
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 129
1937 - 2020
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 130
1933 - 2020
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 131
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Hensley ranks 1,150 out of 6,924. Before him are Mungo Park (1771), John Austin (1790), Carol Reed (1906), Twiggy (1949), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), and Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881). After him are Olave Baden-Powell (1889), John Stewart Bell (1928), Rod Evans (1947), Simon Stock (1164), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), and Oldfield Thomas (1858).
1771 - 1806
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,144
1790 - 1859
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1,145
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1,146
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 1,147
1721 - 1765
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,148
1881 - 1959
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 1,149
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 1,150
1889 - 1977
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1,151
1928 - 1990
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 1,152
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 1,153
1164 - 1265
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 1,154
1821 - 1862
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,155
1858 - 1929
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 1,156
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ken Hensley ranks 68. Before him are Wallace Hartley (1878), Nicko McBrain (1952), Don Airey (1948), John McLaughlin (1942), Geezer Butler (1949), and PJ Harvey (1969). After him are John Entwistle (1944), Dave Murray (1956), Bill Ward (1948), Jack Bruce (1943), Adrian Smith (1957), and Mick Taylor (1949).
1878 - 1912
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 62
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 63
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 65
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 66
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 67
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 68
1944 - 2002
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 69
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 70
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 71
1943 - 2014
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 72
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 73
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 74