1945 - Today
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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Among musicians, Pete Townshend ranks 215 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 209
1971 - 2018
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 210
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 211
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 212
1925 - 1981
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 213
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 214
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 215
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 216
1943 - 2012
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 217
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 218
1938 - 2013
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 219
1956 - 2003
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 220
1977 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 221
Among people born in 1945, Pete Townshend ranks 63. Before 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.
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 57
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 58
1945 - 2018
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 59
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 60
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 61
1945 - 2011
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 62
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 63
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 64
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 65
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 66
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 67
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 69
Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Townshend ranks 832 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1869 - 1938
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 826
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 827
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 828
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 829
1680 - 1721
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 830
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 831
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 832
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 833
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 834
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 835
1141 - 1165
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 836
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 837
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 838
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Pete Townshend ranks 48. Before 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).
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 42
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 43
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 44
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 45
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 46
1983 - 2011
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 47
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 48
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 49
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 50
1945 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 51
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 52
1946 - 1978
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 53
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 54