MUSICIAN

Mia Zapata

1965 - 1993

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Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. The crime went unsolved for a decade before her killer, Jesus Mezquia, was arrested in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mia Zapata has received more than 2,257,022 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Mia Zapata is the 1,660th most popular musician (down from 1,583rd in 2019), the 8,323rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,910th in 2019) and the 611th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mia Zapata ranks 1,660 out of 3,175. Before her are Maxim Vengerov, Hossein Alizadeh, Gail Ann Dorsey, Mick Avory, J. B. Lenoir, and Paul Kalkbrenner. After her are Brian Littrell, Darude, Pepper Adams, Richey Edwards, Glenn Cornick, and Shantel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Mia Zapata ranks 285. Before her are Shinichirō Watanabe, Matt Biondi, Roschdy Zem, Frank Ordenewitz, Roman Coppola, and Sadie Frost. After her are Ramdev, Jami Gertz, Pat Cash, Samvel Babayan, L. J. Smith, and Jeremy Piven. Among people deceased in 1993, Mia Zapata ranks 235. Before her are Alexis Smith, Masaru Furukawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Conway Twitty, Kenneth Burke, and Muhammad Khan Junejo. After her are Paul Grégoire, Utpal Dutt, Aleks Buda, Thomas Watson Jr., Zeno Colò, and Mircea David.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mia Zapata ranks 8,323 out of 20,380. Before her are Larry McMurtry (1936), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Joseph Strickland (1958), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Leelee Sobieski (1983), and Leon Schlesinger (1884). After her are Lewis Howard Latimer (1848), J. Searle Dawley (1877), Brian Littrell (1975), Bessie Barriscale (1884), Pepper Adams (1930), and Corey Allen (1934).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mia Zapata ranks 611. Before her are Peter Buck (1956), Rob Bourdon (1979), Erykah Badu (1971), ASAP Rocky (1988), Gail Ann Dorsey (1962), and J. B. Lenoir (1929). After her are Brian Littrell (1975), Pepper Adams (1930), Jake E. Lee (1957), Jim Gordon (1945), Mary Wilson (1944), and John Michael Talbot (1954).

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