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Robert Fripp

1946 - Today

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Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session musician and collaborator, notably with David Bowie, Blondie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Daryl Hall, The Roches, Talking Heads, and David Sylvian. He also composed the startup sound of Windows Vista operating system, in collaboration with Tucker Martine and Steve Ball. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Fripp has received more than 3,931,594 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Fripp is the 90th most popular musician (down from 87th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 406th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Musician.

Robert Fripp is most famous for his work with King Crimson.

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  • 66.16

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  • 38

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  • 10.05

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  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Robert Fripp ranks 90 out of 2,662. Before him are Lou Reed, Barry Gibb, Paul Simon, Thomas Bangalter, Karl Thomas Mozart, and David Oistrakh. After him are Duke Ellington, Richard Wright, Gheorghe Zamfir, Dean Martin, Angus Young, and João Gilberto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Robert Fripp ranks 46. Before him are Hassanal Bolkiah, Nicos Anastasiades, Marianne Faithfull, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Barry Gibb, and Liza Minnelli. After him are Masoud Barzani, Charles Dance, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Arrigo Sacchi, André the Giant, and Lars Vilks.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Fripp ranks 399 out of 7,765. Before him are John Wesley (1703), Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453), J. M. Barrie (1860), Ian Holm (1931), Fred Hoyle (1915), and Frank Whittle (1907). After him are Richard Owen (1804), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), Jim Clark (1936), Millvina Dean (1912), and Joseph Lister (1827).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Robert Fripp ranks 25. Before him are David Gilmour (1946), Roger Waters (1943), Jimmy Page (1944), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), Syd Barrett (1946), and Jon Lord (1941). After him are Richard Wright (1943), Angus Young (1955), Gary Moore (1952), Mike Oldfield (1953), John Bonham (1948), and Ronnie Wood (1947).

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