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Ol' Dirty Bastard

1968 - 2004

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Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily from Staten Island, New York City, which rose to mainstream prominence with its 1993 debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). His professional success was hampered by frequent legal troubles, including incarceration. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ol' Dirty Bastard has received more than 10,829,371 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ol' Dirty Bastard is the 1,436th most popular singer (up from 1,822nd in 2019), the 7,379th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,892nd in 2019) and the 352nd most popular American Singer.

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  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ol' Dirty Bastard ranks 1,436 out of 4,381. Before him are Lee Seung-gi, Andra Day, Peter Murphy, Cheb Hasni, Phil Mogg, and Den Harrow. After him are Jimmy Makulis, Toshi, Jim Kerr, Antonina Nezhdanova, Betty Carter, and Víctor Balaguer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ol' Dirty Bastard ranks 222. Before him are Eagle-Eye Cherry, Shawn Levy, Carlos Latuff, Ken Akamatsu, Cheb Hasni, and Nadia Calviño. After him are Oleh Tyahnybok, Vlado Šola, Slaviša Jokanović, Anto Drobnjak, Thomas Strunz, and Gary Payton. Among people deceased in 2004, Ol' Dirty Bastard ranks 238. Before him are André Hazes, Tom Turesson, Albert Mol, Zurab Sakandelidze, Fred Ramdat Misier, and Gerrie Knetemann. After him are Quorthon, Natalya Baranskaya, Kamisese Mara, Jan Sterling, Thea Beckman, and Marcelo González Martín.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ol' Dirty Bastard ranks 7,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Megan Rapinoe (1985), Pat O'Brien (1899), Katherine Sophie Dreier (1877), Diana Barrymore (1921), Tony Zale (1913), and Joe Sutter (1921). After him are Lawrence Gordon (1936), Glenn Hardin (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Richard Powers (1957), and Janet Moreau (1927).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Ol' Dirty Bastard ranks 352. Before him are Betty Davis (1945), Vic Damone (1928), Vikki Carr (1941), Beverly Sills (1929), Christina Milian (1981), and Andra Day (1984). After him are Betty Carter (1929), Van McCoy (1940), Wayne Newton (1942), Ethel Waters (1896), Arlo Guthrie (1947), and Lil Peep (1996).

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