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MUSICIAN

Pete Townshend

1945 - Today

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Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pete Townshend has received more than 7,020,792 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Pete Townshend is the 215th most popular musician (down from 191st in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 759th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Musician.

Pete Townshend is most famous for being the guitarist and songwriter for the British rock band The Who. He is also known for being the author of the rock opera Tommy.

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  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pete Townshend ranks 215 out of 2,662Before him are Klaus Nomi, Dolores O'Riordan, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Bill Haley, and Dr. Alban. After him are Duff McKagan, Lucio Dalla, John Cale, J. J. Cale, Leslie Cheung, and Mike Shinoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Pete Townshend ranks 63Before him are Carmen Maura, Bryan Ferry, Joël Robuchon, Phil Jackson, Dirk Benedict, and Bubba Smith. After him are Dennis Rader, Joseph Kosuth, Laurent Gbagbo, Linda Lee Cadwell, Ken Hensley, and Moncef Marzouki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Townshend ranks 832 out of 7,765Before him are Mary Mallon (1869), W. O. Bentley (1888), Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (1982), Edmund Spenser (1552), Charles Vane (1680), and Daniel Rutherford (1749). After him are Petula Clark (1932), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141), John Hanning Speke (1827), and William Webb Ellis (1806).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Pete Townshend ranks 48Before him are Chris Slade (1946), Brian Eno (1948), George Martin (1926), John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), and Amy Winehouse (1983). After him are John Cale (1942), Billy Idol (1955), Ken Hensley (1945), John Mayall (1933), Keith Moon (1946), and John McLaughlin (1942).