MUSICIAN
Monty Alexander
1944 - Today
Monty Alexander
Montgomery Bernard "Monty" Alexander OJ CD (born 6 June 1944) is a Jamaican American jazz pianist. His playing has a Caribbean influence and bright swinging feeling, with a strong vocabulary of bebop jazz and blues rooted melodies. He was influenced by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal, Les McCann, and Frank Sinatra. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Monty Alexander has received more than 252,936 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Monty Alexander is the 1,387th most popular musician (down from 1,266th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Jamaican Musician.
Memorability Metrics
250k
Page Views (PV)
47.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
3.80
Effective Languages (L*)
2.65
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Monty Alexanders by language
Over the past year Monty Alexander has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 31,358 views, followed by French (9,308), and German (4,547). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (84.10%), Finnish (68.59%), and Egyptian Arabic (68.03%)
Among MUSICIANS
Among musicians, Monty Alexander ranks 1,387 out of 3,175. Before him are Edgar Winter, Curtis Fuller, Joe Sample, Gary Rossington, Mary Lou Williams, and Steve Miller. After him are Ron Geesin, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Geddy Lee, Bruce Johnston, Jörg Michael, and Gary Wright.
Most Popular Musicians in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsEdgar Winter
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 1,381
Curtis Fuller
1934 - 2021
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 1,382
Joe Sample
1939 - 2014
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 1,383
Gary Rossington
1951 - 2023
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 1,384
Mary Lou Williams
1910 - 1981
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 1,385
Steve Miller
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 1,386
Monty Alexander
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 1,387
Ron Geesin
1943 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,388
Hariprasad Chaurasia
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,389
Geddy Lee
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 1,390
Bruce Johnston
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 1,391
Jörg Michael
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 1,392
Gary Wright
1943 - 2023
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 1,393
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1944, Monty Alexander ranks 483. Before him are John Kay, John Onaiyekan, José Manuel García-Margallo, Richard Gant, Fausta Morganti, and Nelson Prudêncio. After him are Charles W. Juels, Oswald Gracias, Roger Dean, Seán Patrick O'Malley, José Luis Garci, and István Géczi.
Others Born in 1944
Go to all RankingsJohn Kay
SINGER
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 477
John Onaiyekan
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 478
José Manuel García-Margallo
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 479
Richard Gant
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 480
Fausta Morganti
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2021
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 481
Nelson Prudêncio
ATHLETE
1944 - 2012
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 482
Monty Alexander
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 483
Charles W. Juels
ASTRONOMER
1944 - 2009
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 484
Oswald Gracias
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 485
Roger Dean
PAINTER
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 486
Seán Patrick O'Malley
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 487
José Luis Garci
FILM DIRECTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 488
István Géczi
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - 2018
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 489
In Jamaica
Among people born in Jamaica, Monty Alexander ranks 36 out of 189. Before him are Prince Buster (1938), John Barnes (1963), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), George Rhoden (1926), Portia Simpson-Miller (1945), and Raheem Sterling (1994). After him are Don Quarrie (1951), Carl Douglas (1942), King Tubby (1941), Errol Brown (1948), Ziggy Marley (1968), and Gregory Isaacs (1951).
Others born in Jamaica
Go to all RankingsPrince Buster
MUSICIAN
1938 - 2016
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 30
John Barnes
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 31
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
ATHLETE
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 32
George Rhoden
ATHLETE
1926 - Present
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 33
Portia Simpson-Miller
POLITICIAN
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 34
Raheem Sterling
SOCCER PLAYER
1994 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 35
Monty Alexander
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 36
Don Quarrie
ATHLETE
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 37
Carl Douglas
SINGER
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 38
King Tubby
MUSICIAN
1941 - 1989
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 39
Errol Brown
SINGER
1948 - 2015
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 40
Ziggy Marley
MUSICIAN
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 41
Gregory Isaacs
SINGER
1951 - 2010
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 42
Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica
Among musicians born in Jamaica, Monty Alexander ranks 8. Before him are Peter Tosh (1944), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Desmond Dekker (1941), Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), and Prince Buster (1938). After him are King Tubby (1941), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Damian Marley (1978), Augustus Pablo (1954), and John Holt (1947).
Peter Tosh
1944 - 1987
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 2
Lee "Scratch" Perry
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 3
Desmond Dekker
1941 - 2006
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 4
Sean Paul
1973 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 5
DJ Kool Herc
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 6
Prince Buster
1938 - 2016
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 7
Monty Alexander
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 8
King Tubby
1941 - 1989
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 9
Ziggy Marley
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 10
Horace Andy
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 11
Damian Marley
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 12
Augustus Pablo
1954 - 1999
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 13
John Holt
1947 - 2014
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 14