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Marc Bolan

1947 - 1977

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Marc Bolan ( BOH-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan strongly influenced artists of many genres, including glam rock, punk, post-punk, new wave, indie rock, Britpop and alternative rock. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Bolan has received more than 5,865,253 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Marc Bolan is the 329th most popular singer (down from 300th in 2019), the 1,179th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,192nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Marc Bolans by language

Over the past year Marc Bolan has had the most page views in the with 727,207 views, followed by German (77,125), and Japanese (40,186). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (1,335.81%), Basque (72.18%), and Serbo-Croatian (46.03%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Marc Bolan ranks 329 out of 4,381. Before him are Jimmy Cliff, Karen Carpenter, Peter Green, Sarah Brightman, Youssou N'Dour, and Hank Williams. After him are Đorđe Balašević, Loalwa Braz, Alpha Blondy, Natalia Oreiro, Connie Francis, and Black.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Marc Bolan ranks 123. Before him are Robert Cailliau, Branko Oblak, Gérard Houllier, Jan Garbarek, Rod Evans, and Saskia Sassen. After him are Florian Schneider, Noritaka Hidaka, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, Nancy Fraser, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and Michael Levitt. Among people deceased in 1977, Marc Bolan ranks 56. Before him are Leopold Stokowski, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Bruno Streckenbach, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Paul Desmond, and Hamida Djandoubi. After him are John Dickson Carr, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Carlos Pace, Takeo Kurita, Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, and Félix Gouin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marc Bolan ranks 1,179 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Green (1946), Robert Hardy (1925), Glenda Jackson (1936), Sarah Brightman (1960), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), and Stephen Fry (1957). After him are John Gay (1685), William Sturgeon (1783), Emily Blunt (1983), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), and John Fisher (1469).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Marc Bolan ranks 36. Before him are Glenn Hughes (1951), Robbie Williams (1974), Dave Gahan (1962), Rod Evans (1947), Peter Green (1946), and Sarah Brightman (1960). After him are Black (1962), Dave Evans (1953), Susan Boyle (1961), Dusty Springfield (1939), Jon Anderson (1944), and David Byron (1947).

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