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Robbie Robertson

1943 - 2023

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Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician. He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with the Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist. Robertson's work with the Band was instrumental in creating the Americana music genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robbie Robertson has received more than 7,165,613 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robbie Robertson is the 907th most popular musician (down from 901st in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Canada and the 12th most popular Canadian Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Robbie Robertson ranks 907 out of 2,662. Before him are Abdullah Ibrahim, Benny Benassi, Nikolai Noskov, Jack DeJohnette, Stanley Clarke, and Michael Brecker. After him are James Kottak, Oscar Hammerstein II, Orhan Gencebay, Juan Luis Guerra, Salamone Rossi, and Mel Collins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Robbie Robertson ranks 298. Before him are Roberto Rosato, Giuseppe Versaldi, Art LaFleur, Jimmy Snuka, Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Cornelia Froboess. After him are Gordon Matta-Clark, Jean Zerbo, Herman Van Springel, Ramón Grosso, Leo Kinnunen, and Sharon Gless. Among people deceased in 2023, Robbie Robertson ranks 174. Before him are Rita Lee, Ignacio López Tarso, Carmen Sevilla, Ray Stevenson, Terry Funk, and Suzanne Somers. After him are Martin Amis, Lance Reddick, David Albahari, Paul Johnson, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Ita Ever.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robbie Robertson ranks 219 out of 1,350. Before him are Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), John Draper (1943), Florence Lawrence (1886), Roddy Piper (1954), Ernest Burgess (1886), and Neil Peart (1952). After him are Peter North (1957), Kim Coates (1958), Henry Clinton (1730), Agnes Martin (1912), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), and Guy Laliberté (1959).

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Among MUSICIANS In Canada

Among musicians born in Canada, Robbie Robertson ranks 12. Before him are Avril Lavigne (1984), Loreena McKennitt (1957), David Foster (1949), Gil Evans (1912), Maynard Ferguson (1928), and Neil Peart (1952). After him are Diana Krall (1964), Paul Bley (1932), Bob Ezrin (1949), Bob Rock (1954), Geddy Lee (1953), and Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941).

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