1963 - Today
Lars Ulrich R (; 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 5,936,047 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Lars Ulrich is the 243rd most popular musician (down from 180th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 106th 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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Among musicians, Lars Ulrich ranks 243 out of 2,675. Before him are Marilyn Manson, John Mayall, Alfred Brendel, Roger Daltrey, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Franz Berwald. After him are Alan Parsons, Scott McKenzie, Jaco Pastorius, Lenny Kravitz, Dolores O'Riordan, and Mike Portnoy.
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 237
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 238
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 239
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 240
1929 - 1977
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 241
1796 - 1868
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 242
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 243
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 244
1939 - 2012
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 245
1951 - 1987
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 246
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 247
1971 - 2018
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 248
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1963, Lars Ulrich ranks 30. Before him are Rafael Correa, Jean-Pierre Papin, Rick Rubin, Natasha Richardson, Mike Pompeo, and Emilio Butragueño. After him are Borut Pahor, Steven Soderbergh, Hideo Kojima, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mark Strong, and Helen Hunt.
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 24
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 25
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 26
1963 - 2009
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 27
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 28
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 29
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 30
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 31
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 32
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 33
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 34
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 35
1963 - Present
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 36
Among people born in Denmark, Lars Ulrich ranks 134 out of 783. Before him are Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788), and Valdemar Poulsen (1869). After him are Anna Ancher (1859), Eric III of Denmark (1100), Anne Sophie Reventlow (1693), Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel (1784), Bent Larsen (1935), and Sophia Brahe (1556).
1745 - 1808
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 128
1796 - 1881
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 129
1899 - 1965
HPI: 69.18
Rank: 130
1083 - 1127
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 131
1788 - 1865
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 132
1869 - 1942
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 133
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 134
1859 - 1935
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 135
1100 - 1146
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 136
1693 - 1743
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 137
1784 - 1863
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 138
1935 - 2010
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 139
1556 - 1643
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 140
Among musicians born in Denmark, Lars Ulrich ranks 2. Before 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), Kai Winding (1922), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), Trentemøller (1972), Nikolaj Koppel (1969), and Malene Mortensen (1982).
1909 - 2000
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 1
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 2
1879 - 1963
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 3
1925 - 2015
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 4
1916 - 2017
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 5
1946 - 2005
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
1955 - 1991
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 7
1922 - 1983
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 8
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 9
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 12