MUSICIAN

Lionel Hampton

1908 - 2002

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Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader. He worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Hampton has received more than 1,010,120 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lionel Hampton is the 420th most popular musician (up from 497th in 2019), the 2,306th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,679th in 2019) and the 124th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lionel Hampton ranks 420 out of 3,175. Before him are DJ BoBo, Krystian Zimerman, Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, Annie Fischer, John Phillips, and Leonardo De Lorenzo. After him are Geezer Butler, Christoph Schneider, Paul Badura-Skoda, Steve Vai, Leopold Godowsky, and Varg Vikernes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Lionel Hampton ranks 93. Before him are Bjarni Benediktsson, Giacomo Manzù, Afet İnan, Lev Pontryagin, Sicco Mansholt, and Gustavo Marzi. After him are Michael Redgrave, Michael DeBakey, Libertad Lamarque, Carlo Abarth, Eugen Weidmann, and Eduard Roschmann. Among people deceased in 2002, Lionel Hampton ranks 86. Before him are George Roy Hill, Marina Berti, Kim Hunter, Ray Conniff, Thomas Gordon, and Katy Jurado. After him are Juan Antonio Bardem, Branko Stanković, Dee Dee Ramone, Igor Ansoff, J. Lee Thompson, and Eugenio Coșeriu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lionel Hampton ranks 2,306 out of 20,380. Before him are John Phillips (1935), Rick Riordan (1964), Harlow Shapley (1885), Holly Hunter (1958), Lionel Barrymore (1878), and David Strathairn (1949). After him are Nathan Rosen (1909), George Gallup (1901), Steve McCurry (1950), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Henry Silva (1928), and Robert Plutchik (1927).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Lionel Hampton ranks 124. Before him are Ray Conniff (1916), Albert King (1923), Joe Perry (1950), Johnny Winter (1944), Tom Petty (1950), and John Phillips (1935). After him are Steve Vai (1960), Kenny Loggins (1948), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Al Di Meola (1954), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), and Steve Morse (1954).

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