1941 - Today
Randolph Peter Best (born Scanland; born 24 November 1941) is an English musician known as the Beatles' drummer before the band achieved worldwide fame. After he was dismissed from the group in 1962, he started his own band, the Pete Best Four, and later joined many other bands over the years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Best has received more than 3,004,959 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Pete Best is the 124th most popular musician (down from 103rd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from India (down from 55th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Musician.
Pete Best is most famous for being the original drummer for the Beatles.
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Among musicians, Pete Best ranks 124 out of 2,675. Before him are James Last, Till Lindemann, Fritz Kreisler, Tony Iommi, Don Shirley, and Compay Segundo. After him are Arnaut Daniel, Ray Manzarek, Chris Slade, Malcolm Young, Jascha Heifetz, and Nam June Paik.
1929 - 2015
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 118
1963 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 119
1875 - 1962
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 120
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 121
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 122
1907 - 2003
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 123
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 124
1150 - 1210
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 125
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 126
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 127
1953 - 2017
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 128
1901 - 1987
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 129
1932 - 2006
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 130
Among people born in 1941, Pete Best ranks 41. Before him are Gheorghe Zamfir, Vivienne Westwood, Wolfgang Petersen, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Ritchie Valens, and Paul Anka. After him are Mahmoud Darwish, Ivan Gašparovič, Jordi Savall, Jürgen Prochnow, Anne Rice, and Ivica Osim.
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 37
1941 - 2010
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 38
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 39
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 40
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 41
1941 - 2008
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 42
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 43
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 44
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 46
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 47
Among people born in India, Pete Best ranks 68 out of 1,227. Before him are Ravi Shankar (1920), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Abdul Karim (1863), Aśvaghoṣa (80), and Harsha (590). After him are Nathuram Godse (1910), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Śuddhodana (-590), Ronald Ross (1857), and Sher Shah Suri (1486).
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 62
1879 - 1950
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 63
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 64
1863 - 1909
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 65
80 - 150
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 66
590 - 647
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 67
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 68
1910 - 1949
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 69
1772 - 1833
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 70
1893 - 1952
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 71
590 BC - Present
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 72
1857 - 1932
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 73
1486 - 1545
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 74
Among musicians born in India, Pete Best ranks 4. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Cliff Richard (1940), and Ravi Shankar (1920). After him are Ram Narayan (1927), Tansen (1493), Bismillah Khan (1916), Christian Zacharias (1950), Barry Hay (1948), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Mehdi Hassan (1927).
1253 - 1325
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 1
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 2
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 4
1927 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 5
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 6
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 11
1927 - 2012
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 12