MUSICIAN

Mike Starr

1966 - 2011

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Michael Christopher Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011) was an American musician best known as the original bassist for the rock band Alice in Chains, with which he played from the band's formation in 1987 until January 1993. He was also a member of Sato, Gypsy Rose, Sun Red Sun and Days of the New. Starr had a long history of substance abuse, including addictions to both heroin and synthetic opioids. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mike Starr has received more than 25,745 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Starr is the 2,094th most popular musician (down from 2,041st in 2019), the 10,981st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,642nd in 2019) and the 830th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 26k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Mike Starrs by language

Over the past year Mike Starr has had the most page views in the with 28,503 views, followed by German (21,047), and Portuguese (17,280). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (141.12%), Simple English (70.62%), and Southern Azerbaijani (51.70%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mike Starr ranks 2,094 out of 3,175. Before him are Billy Higgins, Stone Gossard, Pata, Hubert von Goisern, Frank Peterson, and Konstrakta. After him are Rudolf Koelman, Sarah McLachlan, Clifford Jordan, Constant Lambert, Joe Meek, and Debbie Gibson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Mike Starr ranks 397. Before him are Dadullah, María Jesús Montero, Jeremy Hunt, Iztok Puc, Stone Gossard, and Sergei Puskepalis. After him are José Ángel Ziganda, Tatyana Ledovskaya, Larisa Neiland, Vladimir Alekno, Mike McCready, and Marco Borsato. Among people deceased in 2011, Mike Starr ranks 435. Before him are Annalisa Ericson, Brian Jacques, Pauline Betz, Angela Scoular, Gordon Tootoosis, and Iztok Puc. After him are Aloysius Ambrozic, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu, Pavle Jurina, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Tom Aldredge, and Masushi Ouchi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Starr ranks 10,981 out of 20,380. Before him are Pauline Frederick (1883), John Buford (1826), David Ramsey (1971), Miranda Cosgrove (1993), Molly Picon (1898), and Andrew Vachss (1942). After him are Ron Freeman (1947), Lou Pearlman (1954), Anna Belknap (1972), William Samuel Johnson (1727), Theresa Randle (1964), and Sheila Young (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mike Starr ranks 830. Before him are John Hiatt (1952), Ryan Tedder (1979), Mathew Knowles (1952), Slide Hampton (1932), Billy Higgins (1936), and Stone Gossard (1966). After him are Clifford Jordan (1931), Debbie Gibson (1970), Eddie Condon (1905), Lorenz Hart (1895), Yip Harburg (1896), and Tom Scholz (1947).

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