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Michael Schenker

1955 - Today

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Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Schenker has received more than 2,223,014 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Schenker is the 384th most popular musician (down from 316th in 2019), the 1,806th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,482nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Musician.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Michael Schenker ranks 384 out of 3,175. Before him are Rocco Granata, Wilhelm Backhaus, Artur Schnabel, Nick Cave, Christian Lorenz, and Ginger Baker. After him are Agustín Barrios, Baden Powell, Tony Levin, Adrian Smith, Sérgio Mendes, and András Schiff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Michael Schenker ranks 88. Before him are Iman, Hans-Peter Briegel, Bill Paxton, Jeff Koons, Meles Zenawi, and Jigme Singye Wangchuck. After him are Valdis Zatlers, Sirindhorn, Ron Johnson, Alessandro Altobelli, Mika Kaurismäki, and Avram Grant.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Schenker ranks 1,806 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), Ernst Nolte (1923), Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845), Friedrich Naumann (1860), George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1605), and Christoph Graupner (1683). After him are Herbert Kappler (1907), Adolf Bastian (1826), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Johann Gottfried Walther (1684), William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1425), and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Michael Schenker ranks 19. Before him are Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Paul Landers (1964), Florian Schneider (1947), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), and Christian Lorenz (1966). After him are Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), Christoph Schneider (1966), Kai Hansen (1963), Ralf Hütter (1946), Matthias Jabs (1955), and Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963).

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