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Klaus Voormann

1938 - Today

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Klaus Otto Wilhelm Voormann (born 29 April 1938) is a German artist, musician, and record producer. Voormann was the bassist for Manfred Mann from 1966 to 1969, and performed as a session musician on a host of recordings, including "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon, Lou Reed's Transformer album, and on many recordings of the former members of the Beatles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Klaus Voormann has received more than 1,451,541 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Voormann is the 628th most popular musician (down from 520th in 2019), the 2,713th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,239th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Klaus Voormann ranks 628 out of 3,175Before him are Zequinha de Abreu, Steve Howe, Bob Sinclar, Evgeny Kissin, Clive Burr, and Anton Karas. After him are Clifford Brown, Jadranka Stojaković, Maxim Shostakovich, Damon Albarn, Carl Flesch, and Mike Rutherford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Klaus Voormann ranks 185Before him are Götz George, Andrey Myagkov, Leon Panetta, Isabelle Aubret, Ieronymos II of Athens, and Girish Karnad. After him are Maxim Shostakovich, Isao Inokuma, Diane Baker, Per Kirkeby, Shashi Kapoor, and Willi Schulz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Voormann ranks 2,713 out of 7,253Before him are Erich Hückel (1896), Bernhard Windscheid (1817), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), Sabina of Bavaria (1492), Sibel Kekilli (1980), and Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1727). After him are Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke (1819), Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861), Adolf Hühnlein (1881), Hans von Marées (1837), Angela Winkler (1944), and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Klaus Voormann ranks 34Before him are Rudolf Kempe (1910), Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Axel Rudi Pell (1960), Uli Jon Roth (1954), and Oliver Riedel (1971). After him are Gerd Albrecht (1935), Peter Schreier (1935), Harold Faltermeyer (1952), Robert Hausmann (1852), Menahem Pressler (1923), and Conrad Graf (1782).