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Paul Kantner

1941 - 2016

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Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Kantner has received more than 2,160,142 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Kantner is the 921st most popular musician (down from 684th in 2019), the 4,506th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,528th in 2019) and the 300th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paul Kantner ranks 921 out of 3,175. Before him are Taj Mahal, Donald Byrd, François Habeneck, Enzo Jannacci, Daryl Hall, and George Duke. After him are Link Wray, Eduard Nápravník, Moe Tucker, Rob Zombie, Emanuel Feuermann, and Juan d'Arienzo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Paul Kantner ranks 280. Before him are Donald "Duck" Dunn, Manny Charlton, Daniel Schmid, Kálmán Mészöly, Jagjit Singh, and Hernando de Soto Polar. After him are Dragoljub Ojdanić, Pedro Carmona, Anatoly Levchenko, Airto Moreira, Félix Rodríguez, and Stephen J. Cannell. Among people deceased in 2016, Paul Kantner ranks 223. Before him are Yang Jiang, Jon Polito, Martin Gray, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, and Bill Mollison. After him are Antonin Scalia, Slobodan Santrač, Vladimir Zeldin, Doris Roberts, Juan Mujica, and Sigge Parling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Kantner ranks 4,506 out of 20,380. Before him are Brett Cullen (1956), Jimmy Smits (1955), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), George Duke (1946), Brian Keith (1921), and Stella Stevens (1936). After him are Eric Betzig (1960), Chris McCandless (1968), Gilbert Gottfried (1955), Link Wray (1929), Moe Tucker (1944), and Adam Riess (1969).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Paul Kantner ranks 300. Before him are David Paich (1954), Ruggiero Ricci (1918), Taj Mahal (1942), Donald Byrd (1932), Daryl Hall (1946), and George Duke (1946). After him are Link Wray (1929), Moe Tucker (1944), Rob Zombie (1965), Rick James (1948), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), and Tommy Aldridge (1950).

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