PHOTOGRAPHER

Mick Rock

1948 - 2021

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Michael David Rock (born Michael Edward Chester Smith; 21 November 1948 – 18 November 2021) was a British photographer. He photographed rock music acts such as Queen, David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, T. Rex, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, The Sex Pistols, Ozzy Osbourne, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, Geordie, Mötley Crüe, Blondie and Third Eye Blind. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies", he shot most of the memorable photos of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mick Rock has received more than 407,346 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mick Rock is the 145th most popular photographer (down from 109th in 2019), the 6,003rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,010th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Mick Rock ranks 145 out of 148. Before him are Alice Austen, Françoise Demulder, Willy Puchner, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Titian Peale. After him are Pete Souza, Zanele Muholi, and Steven Klein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Mick Rock ranks 729. Before him are Jeff Baxter, Peter Robinson, Carol Bartz, Eliud Williams, Kapil Sibal, and Oinikhol Bobonazarova. After him are Sheila Jeffreys, Jacky Duguépéroux, Sandy Jardine, Fred Newhouse, Karel Neffe, and Takashi Kuwahara. Among people deceased in 2021, Mick Rock ranks 658. Before him are Aleksandr Klepikov, Tommy Troelsen, Keith Greene, Sally Ann Howes, Johnny Isakson, and Antony Sher. After him are David Khakhaleishvili, Pornsak Songsaeng, Lars-Göran Petrov, Ruthie Tompson, Padma Sachdev, and Sylvain Sylvain.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mick Rock ranks 6,003 out of 8,785. Before him are Jefferson Hall (1977), Tracey Thorn (1962), Peter Bowles (1936), John Dankworth (1927), Stuart Williams (1930), and Paul Emery (1916). After him are Alexander Munro (1870), Betty Boothroyd (1929), Leon Brittan (1939), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Evelyn Glennie (1965), and Jessica Brown Findlay (1989).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Mick Rock ranks 9. Before him are Cecil Beaton (1904), David Bailey (1938), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), Alexander Gardner (1821), Allan Warren (1948), and Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869).

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