MUSICIAN

Richie Sambora

1959 - Today

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Richard Stephen Sambora (born July 11, 1959) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. He and lead singer Jon Bon Jovi formed the main songwriting unit for the band. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richie Sambora has received more than 6,493,889 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Richie Sambora is the 464th most popular musician (down from 447th in 2019), the 2,466th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,441st in 2019) and the 134th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Richie Sambora ranks 464 out of 3,175. Before him are Tansen, Aarre Merikanto, Rezső Seress, Vince Clarke, Salvatore Accardo, and Jeff Lynne. After him are Alice Herz-Sommer, Michael Hutchence, Milton Nascimento, Bill Ward, James Ingram, and Tatiana Nikolayeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Richie Sambora ranks 80. Before him are Allison Janney, Juha Kankkunen, Clancy Brown, Nimr al-Nimr, László Kövér, and Xiomara Castro. After him are Guy Parmelin, Boyko Borisov, Filipe Nyusi, Tobias Moretti, Drew Weissman, and Sean Young.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richie Sambora ranks 2,466 out of 20,380. Before him are Alan Ladd (1913), Chris Wallace (1947), Charles Durning (1923), Debra Winger (1955), Alvin Plantinga (1932), and Jane Jacobs (1916). After him are Marie Laveau (1801), Robert Benton (1932), Randolph Scott (1898), Gerard Damiano (1928), Sundance Kid (1867), and Mimi Rogers (1956).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Richie Sambora ranks 134. Before him are Al Di Meola (1954), Dee Dee Ramone (1951), Steve Morse (1954), Scott McKenzie (1939), John Frusciante (1970), and Bud Powell (1924). After him are James Ingram (1952), Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Matt Cameron (1962), Archie Shepp (1937), Peter Cetera (1944), and Willy DeVille (1950).

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