MUSICIAN

Paul Kossoff

1950 - 1976

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Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Kossoff has received more than 1,472,088 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Paul Kossoff is the 1,448th most popular musician (down from 1,413th in 2019), the 3,798th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,665th in 2019) and the 230th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Paul Kossoff ranks 1,448 out of 3,175. Before her are Alan Clark, Oscar Pettiford, Maynard James Keenan, Nuno Bettencourt, Larry Graham, and Issay Dobrowen. After her are Buddy DeFranco, Mr Lordi, Hyde, Roland Grapow, Joseph Williams, and Alexander Brailowsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Paul Kossoff ranks 407. Before her are Christian Zacharias, Savo Kostadinovski, Bob Daisley, Benny Wendt, Sun Chunlan, and Lothar Kurbjuweit. After her are Josef Tošovský, Nobuo Fujishima, Gabriele Salvatores, Muhammad Mian Soomro, Rudy Sarzo, and Oscar Cantoni. Among people deceased in 1976, Paul Kossoff ranks 195. Before her are Matthias Kaburek, Richard Hughes, Kosta Tomašević, John C. Slater, Martín Luis Guzmán, and Zofia Stryjeńska. After her are Mario Alborta, Alexander Brailowsky, Mal Evans, Humberto Elgueta, Mortimer Wheeler, and Zoltán Latinovits.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paul Kossoff ranks 3,798 out of 8,785. Before her are Ray Wilson (1934), Ann Todd (1907), Jane Marcet (1769), John Polkinghorne (1930), Chris Irwin (1942), and Elizabeth Spriggs (1929). After her are George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Allan Clarke (1942), Wallace Ford (1898), William McGregor (1846), May Sutton (1886), and Craig Armstrong (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Paul Kossoff ranks 230. Before her are Jason Bonham (1966), Bev Bevan (1944), Gordon Haskell (1946), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Jay Kay (1969), and Alan Clark (1952). After her are Clifford Curzon (1907), Beth Gibbons (1965), Spike Edney (1951), Sharleen Spiteri (1967), John Ogdon (1937), and John Taylor (1960).

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