1924 - 2007
Maxwell Lemuel Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most important drummers in history. He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Clifford Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Dinah Washington, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Eric Dolphy, and Booker Little. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Roach has received more than 1,172,246 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Max Roach is the 635th most popular musician (down from 583rd in 2019), the 3,298th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,046th in 2019) and the 196th most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Max Roach ranks 635 out of 2,662. Before him are Vagif Mustafazadeh, Axel Rudi Pell, Thom Yorke, Napoleon Orda, Suzanne Vega, and K. K. Downing. After him are Benny Golson, Felix Blumenfeld, Alan Wilson, Louis Prima, Gaspara Stampa, and Steve Gadd.
1940 - 1979
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 629
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 630
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 631
1807 - 1883
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 632
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 633
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 634
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 635
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 636
1863 - 1931
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 637
1943 - 1970
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 638
1910 - 1978
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 639
1523 - 1554
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 640
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 641
Among people born in 1924, Max Roach ranks 160. Before him are Margit Sandemo, David Cox, Lubomír Štrougal, M. Karunanidhi, Franco Basaglia, and Johannes Mario Simmel. After him are S. R. Nathan, Gevork Vartanian, Haim Bar-Lev, Ken Tyrrell, Charles Bachman, and Claude Lefort. Among people deceased in 2007, Max Roach ranks 129. Before him are Michael Jackson, Arawa Kimura, Lee Hazlewood, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Marais Viljoen. After him are Bo Yibo, François-Xavier Ortoli, Chris Benoit, Ivica Račan, Osvaldo Cavandoli, and Alfonso López Michelsen.
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 154
1924 - 2022
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 155
1924 - 2023
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 156
1924 - 2018
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 157
1924 - 1980
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 158
1924 - 2009
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 159
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 160
1924 - 2016
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 161
1924 - 2012
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 162
1924 - 1994
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 163
1924 - 2001
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 164
1924 - 2017
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 165
1924 - 2010
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 166
1942 - 2007
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 123
1931 - 2007
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 124
1929 - 2007
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 125
1913 - 2007
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 126
1921 - 2007
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 127
1915 - 2007
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 128
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 129
1908 - 2007
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 130
1925 - 2007
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 131
1967 - 2007
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 132
1944 - 2007
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 133
1920 - 2007
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 134
1913 - 2007
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 135
Among people born in United States, Max Roach ranks 3,298 out of 18,182. Before him are Kevin James (1965), The Miz (1980), Heber Doust Curtis (1872), Suzanne Vega (1959), Benjamin Bratt (1963), and Shere Hite (1942). After him are David Lee Roth (1954), John Paine (1870), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Nathan Homer Knorr (1905), Tom Holland (1943), and Doris Hart (1925).
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 3,292
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 3,293
1872 - 1942
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 3,294
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 3,295
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 3,296
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 3,297
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 3,298
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 3,299
1870 - 1951
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,300
1921 - 1966
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,301
1905 - 1977
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,302
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,303
1925 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,304
Among musicians born in United States, Max Roach ranks 196. Before him are Chaka Khan (1953), Kenny Clarke (1914), Horace Silver (1928), Peter Cetera (1944), Ric Ocasek (1949), and Suzanne Vega (1959). After him are Benny Golson (1929), Alan Wilson (1943), Louis Prima (1910), Steve Gadd (1945), McCoy Tyner (1938), and Ruggiero Ricci (1918).
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 190
1914 - 1985
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 191
1928 - 2014
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 192
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 193
1949 - 2019
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 194
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 195
1924 - 2007
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 196
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 197
1943 - 1970
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 198
1910 - 1978
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 199
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 200
1938 - 2020
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 201
1918 - 2012
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 202