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Paul Banks

1978 - Today

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Paul Julian Banks (born 3 May 1978) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and DJ. Noted for his baritone singing voice, he is best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and studio bassist of the American rock band Interpol. He released a solo album called Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper in 2009 under the name Julian Plenti, though his solo material is now recorded under his real name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Paul Banks is the 1,946th most popular singer (up from 3,168th in 2024), the 5,160th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,819th in 2019) and the 198th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Paul Banks ranks 1,946 out of 4,381. Before him are K.d. lang, Stephan Eicher, Teresa Salgueiro, Bebi Dol, Paul Harrington, and Rickie Lee Jones. After him are Caroline Polachek, Yuval Raphael, Eiríkur Hauksson, Justin Hayward, Barney McKenna, and Sarit Hadad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Paul Banks ranks 227. Before him are Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Koichi Higashi, Albert Luque, Luke Kirby, Bonaventure Kalou, and Emile Heskey. After him are Carmen Kass, Elisabetta Canalis, Sarit Hadad, Ha Jung-woo, Hayley Wickenheiser, and Kim Sa-rang.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Banks ranks 5,162 out of 8,785. Before him are Terence Rattigan (1911), David Pegg (1935), Chris Anderson (1961), Emile Heskey (1978), Davey Boy Smith (1962), and John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873). After him are Dave Gibbons (1949), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), Izaak Walton (1593), Pauline Baynes (1922), and John Betjeman (1906).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Paul Banks ranks 198. Before him are Colin Hay (1953), Kirsty MacColl (1959), Vashti Bunyan (1945), Teddy Sinclair (1986), Simon Fuller (1960), and Lynsey de Paul (1948). After him are Justin Hayward (1946), Ewan MacColl (1915), Duffy (1984), Tom Odell (1990), Steve Strange (1959), and Long John Baldry (1941).

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