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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 1,311,153 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Klaus Voormann is the 522nd most popular musician (down from 484th in 2019), the 2,241st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,090th in 2019) and the 28th most popular German Musician.

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  • 54.63

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Klaus Voormann ranks 522 out of 2,662Before him are Gil Evans, Freddie King, Ole Bull, Michel Petrucciani, Wendy Carlos, and Mitch Mitchell. After him are Ivo Pogorelić, Gerry Mulligan, Vince Clarke, Steve Howe, Marco Hietala, and Jan Kubelík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Klaus Voormann ranks 163Before him are Patrick Bauchau, Benjamin Mkapa, Paul Martin, Larisa Shepitko, Vasyl Stus, and Ahmed Qurei. After him are William B. Davis, Arsen Dedić, Ronny Cox, Jan Assmann, Paul Andreu, and Andrey Myagkov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Klaus Voormann ranks 2,241 out of 6,142Before him are Agnes of Hesse (1527), Marianne Koch (1931), Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz (1573), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen (1861), and Burkhard Christoph von Münnich (1683). After him are Rupert I, Elector Palatine (1309), Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (1899), Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern (1891), Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744), Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619), and Magdalene of Brandenburg (1582).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Klaus Voormann ranks 28Before him are Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), Uli Jon Roth (1954), Ralf Hütter (1946), Paul Landers (1964), Kai Hansen (1963), and Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688). After him are Christian Lorenz (1966), Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724), Rudolf Kempe (1910), Peter Schreier (1935), Christoph Schneider (1966), and Axel Rudi Pell (1960).