MUSICIAN

Maurice Gibb

1949 - 2003

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Maurice Ernest Gibb (; 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003) was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved worldwide fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group. Although his elder brother Barry Gibb and twin brother Robin Gibb were the group's main lead singers, most of their albums included at least one or two songs featuring Maurice's lead vocals, including "Lay It on Me", "Country Woman" and "On Time". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Gibb has received more than 11,899,161 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Maurice Gibb is the 30th most popular musician (up from 41st in 2019), the most popular biography from Isle of Man and the most popular Musician.

Maurice Gibb is most famous for being a member of the Bee Gees.

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  • 75.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Maurice Gibb ranks 30 out of 3,175. Before him are Cat Stevens, Eric Clapton, Leopold Mozart, Scatman John, Brian May, and Roger Waters. After him are Arthur Rubinstein, Pete Townshend, Alexander Glazunov, Frank Zappa, Keith Richards, and Giuseppe Tartini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Maurice Gibb ranks 16. Before him are Bernard Arnault, Lech Kaczyński, Anna Wintour, Sigourney Weaver, Arsène Wenger, and Richard Gere. After him are Abdullah Öcalan, André Rieu, Ken Follett, Bruce Springsteen, Roger Taylor, and Sandra Mason. Among people deceased in 2003, Maurice Gibb ranks 12. Before him are Idi Amin, Robert K. Merton, Alija Izetbegović, Gregory Peck, Johnny Cash, and Barry White. After him are Ilya Prigogine, Nina Simone, Soong Mei-ling, Edward Said, Alan Bates, and Elia Kazan.

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In Isle of Man

Among people born in Isle of Man, Maurice Gibb ranks 1 out of 14. After him are Robin Gibb (1949), Barry Gibb (1946), Edward Forbes (1815), Ned Maddrell (1877), Rhodri the Great (820), Mark Cavendish (1985), Elizabeth Holloway Marston (1893), Kieran Tierney (1997), Joe Locke (2003), Amy Jackson (1991), and Samantha Barks (1990).

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Among MUSICIANS In Isle of Man

Among musicians born in Isle of Man, Maurice Gibb ranks 1. After him are Barry Gibb (1946).

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