1944 - 2013
Kevin Ayers (16 August 1944 – 18 February 2013) was an English singer-songwriter who was active in the English psychedelic music movement. Ayers was a founding member of the psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid-1960s, and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene. He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno, Syd Barrett, Bridget St John, John Cale, Elton John, Robert Wyatt, Andy Summers, Mike Oldfield, Nico and Ollie Halsall, among others. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Ayers has received more than 765,476 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Kevin Ayers is the 704th most popular singer (up from 738th in 2019), the 2,296th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,370th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Singer.
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Among singers, Kevin Ayers ranks 704 out of 3,528. Before him are Afrika Bambaataa, Julio Jaramillo, Andrea True, Mike Love, Renaud, and Daddy Yankee. After him are Richard Anthony, Philipp Kirkorov, Bobby Vinton, Leonid Utyosov, Lila Downs, and Jennifer Warnes.
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 698
1935 - 1978
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 699
1943 - 2011
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 700
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 701
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 702
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 703
1944 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 704
1938 - 2015
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 705
1967 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 706
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 707
1895 - 1982
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 708
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 709
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 710
Among people born in 1944, Kevin Ayers ranks 278. Before him are Whitfield Diffie, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Raoul Lambert, Glen Cook, Jiří Holeček, and Abdulah Sidran. After him are Alexander Vencel, Alex Metreveli, Gladys Knight, Michael Buffer, John Atta Mills, and Angela Winkler. Among people deceased in 2013, Kevin Ayers ranks 187. Before him are Pál Csernai, Saye Zerbo, Aleksei Yuryevich German, Jeff Hanneman, Amedeo Amadei, and Hjalmar Andersen. After him are Jean Vincent, Lothar Bisky, Hiroshi Nakajima, Aníbal Paz, Yusef Lateef, and Otto Muehl.
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 272
1944 - 2019
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 273
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 274
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 275
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 276
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 277
1944 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 278
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 279
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 280
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 281
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 282
1944 - 2012
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 283
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 284
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 181
1932 - 2013
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 182
1938 - 2013
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 183
1964 - 2013
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 184
1921 - 2013
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 185
1923 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 186
1944 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 187
1930 - 2013
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 188
1941 - 2013
HPI: 51.32
Rank: 189
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 190
1917 - 2013
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 191
1920 - 2013
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 192
1925 - 2013
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 193
Among people born in United Kingdom, Kevin Ayers ranks 2,296 out of 7,765. Before him are Robert Broom (1866), Ian Richardson (1934), Edward Arthur Milne (1896), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Stott (1921), and Bernard Fox (1927). After him are Wilfred Owen (1893), Robert Stevenson (1905), John Evelyn (1620), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Paul Smith (1946), and Richard Madden (1986).
1866 - 1951
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 2,290
1934 - 2007
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 2,291
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 2,292
1889 - 1963
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 2,293
1921 - 2011
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 2,294
1927 - 2016
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 2,295
1944 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 2,296
1893 - 1918
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,297
1905 - 1986
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,298
1620 - 1706
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,299
1880 - 1958
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,300
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,301
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,302
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Kevin Ayers ranks 85. Before him are Shane MacGowan (1957), Christine McVie (1943), Gary Glitter (1944), Midge Ure (1953), Shakin' Stevens (1948), and Fish (1958). After him are Paul Young (1956), Peter Pears (1910), Alfred Deller (1912), Blaze Bayley (1963), Nicky Hopkins (1944), and Andrew Ridgeley (1963).
1957 - 2023
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 79
1943 - 2022
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 80
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 81
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 82
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 83
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 84
1944 - 2013
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 85
1956 - Present
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 86
1910 - 1986
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 87
1912 - 1979
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 88
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 89
1944 - 1994
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 90
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 91