MUSICIAN

Mick Jones

1955 - Today

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Michael Geoffrey Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of punk rock band the Clash, until his dismissal by frontman Joe Strummer in 1983. In 1984, he formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts. Jones has played with the band Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James (formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) since 2002 and was part of the Gorillaz live band for a world tour in 2010–2011. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mick Jones has received more than 99,141 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Jones is the 1,228th most popular musician (down from 1,220th in 2019), the 3,201st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,221st in 2019) and the 193rd most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 99k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mick Jones ranks 1,228 out of 3,175. Before him are José María Ventura Casas, Steve Stevens, Pepe Romero, Trịnh Công Sơn, Norah Jones, and Mark Isham. After him are Bob Rock, Chris Barber, Sabine Meyer, Roger Norrington, Tomasz Stańko, and Jakub Jan Ryba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Mick Jones ranks 262. Before him are Jean-Luc Ettori, Andrew Divoff, Tommy Emmanuel, Charles Shaughnessy, Ringo Lam, and Gale Anne Hurd. After him are Mark Boone Junior, Andriy Taran, Roberto Pruzzo, Darius Khondji, Udo Beyer, and Dawood Ibrahim.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mick Jones ranks 3,201 out of 8,785. Before him are Lonnie Donegan (1931), Rita Tushingham (1942), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Brendan Rodgers (1973), John Hoppner (1758), and Martin Parr (1952). After him are Walter Savage Landor (1775), Prince George of Cambridge (2013), George W. Campbell (1769), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Frederick Browning (1896), and Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Mick Jones ranks 193. Before him are Dave Holland (1948), Geoff Downes (1952), Martin Birch (1948), John Steel (1941), Roy Harper (1941), and Wilko Johnson (1947). After him are Chris Barber (1930), Roger Norrington (1934), George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923), Noddy Holder (1946), Graham Gouldman (1946), and Lita Ford (1958).

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