1945 - 2020
Kenneth William David Hensley (24 August 1945 – 4 November 2020) was an English musician, singer, songwriter 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 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 838,867 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ken Hensley is the 225th most popular musician (up from 330th in 2019), the 872nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,150th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Musician.
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Among musicians, Ken Hensley ranks 225 out of 2,662. Before him are J. J. Cale, Leslie Cheung, Mike Shinoda, Billy Idol, Romano Mussolini, and Stéphane Grappelli. After him are Izzy Stradlin, Kirk Hammett, Marilyn Manson, Consuelo Velázquez, Toots Thielemans, and Isaac Stern.
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 219
1956 - 2003
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 220
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 221
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 222
1927 - 2006
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 223
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 224
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 225
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 226
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 227
1969 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 228
1916 - 2005
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 229
1922 - 2016
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 230
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 231
Among people born in 1945, Ken Hensley ranks 68. Before him are Bubba Smith, Pete Townshend, Dennis Rader, Joseph Kosuth, Laurent Gbagbo, and Linda Lee Cadwell. After him are Moncef Marzouki, Bette Midler, Douglas Osheroff, Haris Silajdžić, Patch Adams, and Go Nagai. Among people deceased in 2020, Ken Hensley ranks 61. Before him are Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Clive Cussler, Philip Warren Anderson, James Randi, Jack Steinberger, and Kenny Rogers. After him are Terry Jones, Conchata Ferrell, Buck Henry, George Blake, Masatoshi Koshiba, and Pranab Mukherjee.
1945 - 2011
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 63
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 64
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 65
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 66
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 67
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 69
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 70
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 71
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 72
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 73
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 74
1941 - 2020
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 55
1931 - 2020
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 56
1923 - 2020
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 57
1928 - 2020
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 58
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 59
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 60
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 61
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 62
1943 - 2020
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 63
1930 - 2020
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 64
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 65
1926 - 2020
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 66
1935 - 2020
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 67
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Hensley ranks 872 out of 7,765. Before him are Bernard Lee (1908), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), Patrick White (1912), Graham Chapman (1941), Allan Pinkerton (1819), and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948). After him are Tom Wilkinson (1948), Terry Jones (1942), Tony Richardson (1928), William Holman Hunt (1827), Edward Whymper (1840), and Peter Cushing (1913).
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 866
1900 - 1996
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 867
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 868
1941 - 1989
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 869
1819 - 1884
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 870
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 871
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 872
1948 - 2023
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 873
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 874
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 875
1827 - 1910
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 876
1840 - 1911
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 877
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 878
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ken Hensley ranks 51. Before him are John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), Amy Winehouse (1983), Pete Townshend (1945), John Cale (1942), and Billy Idol (1955). After him are John Mayall (1933), Keith Moon (1946), John McLaughlin (1942), Steve Harris (1956), Karl Jenkins (1944), and Slash (1965).
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 45
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 46
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 47
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 48
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 49
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 50
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 51
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 52
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 53
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 54
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 55
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 56
1965 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 57