1941 - 1959
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Ritchie Valens, was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens was killed in a plane crash eight months into his recording career.Valens had several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which he had adapted from a Mexican folk song. Valens transformed the song into one with a rock rhythm and beat, and it became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ritchie Valens has received more than 7,554,163 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Ritchie Valens is the 111th most popular musician (down from 95th in 2019), the 681st most popular biography from United States (down from 552nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Ritchie Valens ranks 111 out of 2,675. Before him are Andrés Segovia, John Bonham, Alice Cooper, Barry Gibb, Amir Khusrow, and Fernando Sor. After him are David Oistrakh, Karl Thomas Mozart, Cliff Richard, Ravi Shankar, Bill Evans, and Neil Young.
1893 - 1987
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 105
1948 - 1980
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 106
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 107
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 108
1253 - 1325
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 109
1778 - 1839
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 110
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 111
1908 - 1974
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 112
1784 - 1858
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 113
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 114
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 115
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 116
1945 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 117
Among people born in 1941, Ritchie Valens ranks 39. Before him are Flórián Albert, Laura Antonelli, Gheorghe Zamfir, Vivienne Westwood, Wolfgang Petersen, and Ali Hassan al-Majid. After him are Paul Anka, Pete Best, Mahmoud Darwish, Ivan Gašparovič, Jordi Savall, and Jürgen Prochnow. Among people deceased in 1959, Ritchie Valens ranks 18. Before him are Heitor Villa-Lobos, Billie Holiday, George Grosz, Shirō Ishii, Adolf Windaus, and Buddy Holly. After him are Bohuslav Martinů, Alfred Schütz, Edward C. Tolman, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Mike Hawthorn, and John Foster Dulles.
1941 - 2011
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 33
1941 - 2015
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 34
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 37
1941 - 2010
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 38
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 39
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 40
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 41
1941 - 2008
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 42
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 43
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 44
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 45
1887 - 1959
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 12
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 13
1893 - 1959
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 14
1892 - 1959
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 15
1876 - 1959
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 16
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 17
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 18
1890 - 1959
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 19
1899 - 1959
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 20
1886 - 1959
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 21
1877 - 1959
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 22
1929 - 1959
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 23
1888 - 1959
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, Ritchie Valens ranks 681 out of 15,968. Before him are Donald Knuth (1938), Fred Trump (1905), Joseph McCarthy (1908), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Anne Bancroft (1931), and John Cassavetes (1929). After him are Kenneth Arrow (1921), John Irving (1942), Gene Wilder (1933), Robert Nozick (1938), Theodore William Richards (1868), and Billy Graham (1918).
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 675
1905 - 1999
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 676
1908 - 1957
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 677
1857 - 1929
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 678
1931 - 2005
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 679
1929 - 1989
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 680
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 681
1921 - 2017
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 682
1942 - Present
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 683
1933 - 2016
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 684
1938 - 2002
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 685
1868 - 1928
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 686
1918 - 2018
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 687
Among musicians born in United States, Ritchie Valens ranks 31. Before him are Nat King Cole (1919), Lou Reed (1942), Benny Goodman (1909), Buddy Holly (1936), Glenn Miller (1904), and Alice Cooper (1948). After him are Bill Evans (1929), Don Shirley (1927), Ray Manzarek (1939), Lady Gaga (1986), Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), and Ice-T (1958).
1919 - 1965
HPI: 74.55
Rank: 25
1942 - 2013
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 26
1909 - 1986
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 27
1936 - 1959
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 28
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 29
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 30
1941 - 1959
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 31
1929 - 1980
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 32
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 33
1939 - 2013
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 34
1986 - Present
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 35
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 36
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 37