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Lars Ulrich

1963 - Today

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Lars Ulrich (; Danish: [ˈlɑːs ˈulˀʁek]; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing drums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Ulrich has received more than 8,170,291 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Lars Ulrich is the 253rd most popular musician (down from 243rd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 134th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Musician.

Lars Ulrich is most famous for being the drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica.

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  • 8.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lars Ulrich ranks 253 out of 2,662Before him are Heinrich Neuhaus, Gianna Nannini, Franz Berwald, Henryk Szeryng, Joe Zawinul, and Slash. After him are Paul Wittgenstein, Wanda Landowska, Ian Curtis, Sonny Rollins, Art Blakey, and Arthur Nikisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Lars Ulrich ranks 36Before him are Natasha Richardson, Emilio Butragueño, Elisabeth Shue, Rafael Correa, Helen Hunt, and Jean-Pierre Papin. After him are Hideo Kojima, Brigitte Nielsen, Mike Myers, Emmanuelle Béart, Mike Powell, and Til Schweiger.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lars Ulrich ranks 130 out of 893Before him are Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Guthrum (830), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), Princess Charlotte of Denmark (1789), and Anna Ancher (1859). After him are Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Brigitte Nielsen (1963), Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ulrich Salchow (1877), and Piet Hein (1905).

Among MUSICIANS In Denmark

Among musicians born in Denmark, Lars Ulrich ranks 2Before him are Victor Borge (1909). After him are Jacob Gade (1879), Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Svend Asmussen (1916), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), Trentemøller (1972), Kai Winding (1922), and Nikolaj Koppel (1969).

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