1943 - 1999
Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During the 1960s, Danko performed as a member of the Hawks, backing Ronnie Hawkins and then Bob Dylan. Then, between 1968 and 1977, Danko and the Hawks, now called the Band, released seven studio albums before breaking up. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Danko has received more than 2,863,875 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Danko is the 1,510th most popular musician (down from 1,402nd in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Canada (down from 368th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Canadian Musician.
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Among musicians, Rick Danko ranks 1,510 out of 2,662. Before him are Kiko Loureiro, Shantel, Bret Michaels, Gotye, Ilaiyaraaja, and Slim Harpo. After him are Joe South, Simon Gallup, Horace Andy, John Ogdon, Fats Navarro, and Dennis Brain.
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,504
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,505
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,506
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,507
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 1,508
1924 - 1970
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,509
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,510
1940 - 2012
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,511
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 1,512
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 1,513
1937 - 1989
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 1,514
1923 - 1950
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 1,515
1921 - 1957
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 1,516
Among people born in 1943, Rick Danko ranks 467. Before him are Bernd Patzke, Tanuja, Jimmy Hart, Xaviera Hollander, Ilaiyaraaja, and Daniel Robin. After him are William Chittick, Butler Lampson, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Androulla Vassiliou, Max Jean, and Patrick D'Rozario. Among people deceased in 1999, Rick Danko ranks 206. Before him are Giuseppe Delfino, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Sulo Nurmela, Owen Hart, Celso Torrelio, and Nahum Stelmach. After him are Josef Zeman, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Mel Tormé, Arturo Fernández Meyzán, Annibale Frossi, and Nathan Jacobson.
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 461
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 462
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 463
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 464
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 465
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 466
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 467
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 468
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 469
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 470
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 471
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 472
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 473
1921 - 1999
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 200
1907 - 1999
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 201
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 202
1965 - 1999
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 203
1933 - 1999
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 204
1936 - 1999
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 205
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 206
1915 - 1999
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 207
1924 - 1999
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 208
1925 - 1999
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 209
1906 - 1999
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 210
1911 - 1999
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 211
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.71
Rank: 212
Among people born in Canada, Rick Danko ranks 420 out of 1,350. Before him are Tyler Mane (1966), Jack Carson (1910), Daniel Gillies (1976), Michael Hogan (1949), Alexis Smith (1921), and Jason Gray-Stanford (1970). After him are Josephine Crowell (1859), Roy Dupuis (1963), Robert J. Sawyer (1960), Maurice Prendergast (1858), Yvonne Brill (1924), and Joshua Jackson (1978).
1966 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 414
1910 - 1963
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 415
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 416
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 417
1921 - 1993
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 418
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 419
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 420
1859 - 1932
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 421
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 422
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 423
1858 - 1924
HPI: 44.91
Rank: 424
1924 - 2013
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 425
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 426
Among musicians born in Canada, Rick Danko ranks 23. Before him are Geddy Lee (1953), Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Calixa Lavallée (1842), Daniel Lanois (1951), and Alex Lifeson (1953). After him are Richard Manuel (1943), Kenny Wheeler (1930), Garth Hudson (1937), Devin Townsend (1972), Jeff Healey (1966), and Sarah McLachlan (1968).
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 17
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 19
1842 - 1891
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 22
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 23
1943 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 24
1930 - 2014
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 25
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 26
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 27
1966 - 2008
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 28
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 29