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Martin Barre

1946 - Today

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Martin Lancelot Barre (; born 17 November 1946) is an English guitarist best known for his longtime role as lead guitarist of British rock band Jethro Tull, with whom he recorded and toured from 1968 until the band's initial dissolution in 2011. Barre played on all of Jethro Tull's studio albums from their 1969 album Stand Up (replacing Mick Abrahams, who played on their first album) to their 2003 album The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Barre has received more than 713,752 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Barre is the 1,001st most popular musician (up from 1,071st in 2019), the 2,693rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,913th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular British Musician.

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  • 710k

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  • 49.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Martin Barre ranks 1,001 out of 2,662. Before him are Eberhard Weber, Marty Balin, Tommy Johnson, Yvonne Loriod, Markos Vamvakaris, and Barry Harris. After him are Colin Burgess, Helmuth Rilling, Hélène Grimaud, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Floyd Council, and Zoltán Kocsis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Martin Barre ranks 331. Before him are Antonio Fargas, Colin Bell, Lesley Ann Warren, Andrew Davis, Sonthi Boonyaratglin, and Nicola Piovani. After him are Colin Burgess, Robert Fisk, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Hanan Ashrawi, Jürgen Croy, and Richard Carpenter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Barre ranks 2,693 out of 7,765. Before him are George Dawe (1781), Georgette Heyer (1902), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), Richard Marquand (1937), John Keegan (1934), and Edward John Eyre (1815). After him are Freddie Jones (1927), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Naveen Andrews (1969), Anna Russell (1807), and Robert Fisk (1946).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Martin Barre ranks 162. Before him are Mick Fleetwood (1947), Trevor Pinnock (1946), John Illsley (1949), Phil Campbell (1961), Simon Le Bon (1958), and Ray Davies (1944). After him are Paul Simonon (1955), Geoff Emerick (1945), Jimmy Bain (1947), Chris Barber (1930), Peter Banks (1947), and Glen Matlock (1956).

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