MUSICIAN

Ray Manzarek

1939 - 2013

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Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the rock band The Doors, co-founding the group in 1965 with fellow UCLA Film School graduate Jim Morrison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Manzarek has received more than 3,652,610 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Ray Manzarek is the 145th most popular musician (down from 133rd in 2019), the 840th most popular biography from United States (down from 777th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Musician.

Ray Manzarek is most famous for being a founding member of the rock band The Doors.

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  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ray Manzarek ranks 145 out of 3,175. Before him are Nikki Sixx, Malcolm Young, Maria João Pires, Caetano Veloso, Bill Evans, and Carlos Kleiber. After him are Benny Goodman, Chris Slade, Tony Iommi, Hans von Bülow, Compay Segundo, and Dizzy Gillespie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ray Manzarek ranks 41. Before him are Tzvetan Todorov, Jorge Sampaio, Marvin Gaye, Paul Hogan, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Mark Margolis. After him are Wes Craven, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Cimino, Kenzō Takada, Junko Tabei, and Henry Mintzberg. Among people deceased in 2013, Ray Manzarek ranks 37. Before him are Joan Fontaine, Richard Griffiths, Robert Edwards, Ieng Sary, Jack Vance, and Rochus Misch. After him are Erich Priebke, Georges Moustaki, Don Shirley, Mohammed Omar, Jerome Karle, and Jesús Franco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Manzarek ranks 840 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Evans (1929), Don Johnson (1949), Linda Hunt (1945), Victor Fleming (1889), Mark David Chapman (1955), and Mark Margolis (1939). After him are Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Wes Craven (1939), Jerome Isaac Friedman (1930), Benny Goodman (1909), Martin Seligman (1942), and Robert Venturi (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ray Manzarek ranks 39. Before him are Chris Isaak (1956), Cyndi Lauper (1953), Nat King Cole (1919), Buddy Holly (1936), Nikki Sixx (1958), and Bill Evans (1929). After him are Benny Goodman (1909), Dizzy Gillespie (1917), James Hetfield (1963), Don Shirley (1927), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Keith Jarrett (1945).

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