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Richard Fortus

1966 - Today

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Richard Fortus (born November 17, 1966) is an American guitarist. He is a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he has recorded one studio album, since 2002. Fortus has also collaborated extensively with The Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler and fellow Guns N' Roses bandmate Frank Ferrer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Fortus has received more than 1,599,492 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Fortus is the 1,992nd most popular musician (down from 1,792nd in 2019), the 10,267th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,100th in 2019) and the 778th most popular American Musician.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richard Fortus ranks 1,992 out of 3,175. Before him are Rico Rodriguez, Vilayat Khan, Blind Boy Fuller, Boris Berezovsky, Josh Homme, and Patricia Barber. After him are Clive Bunker, Jonny Buckland, Mark King, Renée Fleming, Woody Shaw, and Richard Barbieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Richard Fortus ranks 352. Before him are Fred Armisen, Gary McKinnon, Maria Canals-Barrera, Rim Banna, Taiji, and Masahiro Fukuda. After him are Richie Jen, Youssouf Fofana, Curt Schilling, Mohammed Chaouch, Nikola Jurčević, and Bruno Génésio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Fortus ranks 10,267 out of 20,380. Before him are Gideon Welles (1802), Patricia Barber (1955), Erna Schneider Hoover (1926), Don Muraco (1949), Richard Florida (1957), and Samuel Huntington (1731). After him are Marilyn White (1944), Bonita Granville (1923), Antonio Tarver (1968), Horace Grant (1965), Amy Pascal (1958), and Gintaras Grušas (1961).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Richard Fortus ranks 778. Before him are Brad Mehldau (1970), Carey Bell (1936), Adam Yauch (1964), Blind Boy Fuller (1904), Josh Homme (1973), and Patricia Barber (1955). After him are Renée Fleming (1959), Woody Shaw (1944), Magic Slim (1937), Jeff Ament (1963), Gar Samuelson (1958), and Edwin Hawkins (1943).

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