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Patti Smith

1946 - Today

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Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New-York-City-based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patti Smith has received more than 12,590,114 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Patti Smith is the 23rd most popular singer (up from 36th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from United States (up from 224th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Singer.

Patti Smith is most famous for her book "Just Kids" which is a memoir of her early life with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Patti Smith ranks 23 out of 4,381. Before her are Frank Sinatra, Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Demis Roussos, Tupac Shakur, and Enrico Caruso. After her are Montserrat Caballé, Umm Kulthum, Brian Johnson, Farinelli, Serge Gainsbourg, and Cesária Évora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Patti Smith ranks 13. Before her are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Sonia Gandhi, Bill Clinton, Alan Rickman, Demis Roussos, and Ted Bundy. After her are Gerard 't Hooft, Bon Scott, Jane Birkin, Mireille Mathieu, George Best, and Charlotte Rampling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patti Smith ranks 132 out of 20,380. Before her are Meryl Streep (1949), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), William Faulkner (1897), and Milton Friedman (1912). After her are Will Smith (1968), Rosa Parks (1913), William James (1842), Bobby Fischer (1943), Edwin Hubble (1889), and Phineas Gage (1823).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Patti Smith ranks 11. Before her are Cher (1946), Tina Turner (1939), Frank Sinatra (1915), Jim Morrison (1943), Joan Baez (1941), and Tupac Shakur (1971). After her are Whitney Houston (1963), Johnny Cash (1932), Barry White (1944), Barbra Streisand (1942), James Brown (1933), and 50 Cent (1975).

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