MUSICIAN

Kenny Wheeler

1930 - 2014

Photo of Kenny Wheeler

Icon of person Kenny Wheeler

Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active in free improvisation and occasionally contributed to rock music recordings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenny Wheeler has received more than 204,420 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kenny Wheeler is the 1,797th most popular musician (down from 1,692nd in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Canada (down from 480th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Kenny Wheeler ranks 1,797 out of 3,175. Before him are Lonnie Johnson, Roy Ayers, Wayne Static, John Patitucci, Avishai Cohen, and Ronald Brautigam. After him are Urs Bühler, Scott Ian, Bill Berry, Delia Derbyshire, Pierre Pincemaille, and Doc Watson.

Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Kenny Wheeler ranks 508. Before him are Heather Harper, Georg Stollenwerk, Monique Mercure, Alifa Rifaat, James Fifer, and Dolores Huerta. After him are Fatos Arapi, Petar Šegvić, Allan Williams, George Steinbrenner, Roberta Peters, and Richard Davis. Among people deceased in 2014, Kenny Wheeler ranks 426. Before him are Göte Hagström, Al Pease, Dave Power, Constantin Alexandru, Wayne Static, and Jorge Romo. After him are Armando Peraza, Giorgio Faletti, Aulis Rytkönen, Malik Bendjelloul, Nanda, and Ibrahim Touré.

Others Born in 1930

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2014

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Kenny Wheeler ranks 506 out of 1,622. Before him are George Orton (1873), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Barbara Wagner (1938), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), Jill Hennessy (1968), and Robert Benson (1894). After him are Davidson Black (1884), Megan Follows (1968), Sven Delblanc (1931), Lorne Michaels (1944), Tara Strong (1973), and Gaétan Boucher (1958).

Others born in Canada

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Kenny Wheeler ranks 26. Before him are Geddy Lee (1953), Alex Lifeson (1953), Daniel Lanois (1951), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Calixa Lavallée (1842), and Hank Snow (1914). After him are Jeff Healey (1966), Angela Hewitt (1958), Guy Lombardo (1902), Sarah McLachlan (1968), Devin Townsend (1972), and Shawn Drover (1966).

Canadian born Musicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous