MUSICIAN

Ross the Boss

1954 - Today

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Ross Friedman (born January 3, 1954), also known as Ross the Boss, is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of both the punk band the Dictators and the heavy metal band Manowar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ross the Boss has received more than 401,970 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ross the Boss is the 1,212th most popular musician (down from 1,103rd in 2019), the 5,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,388th in 2019) and the 426th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ross the Bosses by language

Over the past year Ross the Boss has had the most page views in the with 50,319 views, followed by German (13,366), and Spanish (6,906). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (42.60%), Spanish (1.41%), and Hungarian (−5.40%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ross the Boss ranks 1,212 out of 3,175Before him are Gram Parsons, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Wilko Johnson, Rosalyn Tureck, Fazıl Say, and Parov Stelar. After him are Larry Van Kriedt, Hans Rosbaud, Moriz Rosenthal, Bob Ezrin, Scott Columbus, and Tommy Emmanuel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Ross the Boss ranks 266Before him are Ján Kozák, Jonathan Pollard, Pankaj Kapur, Vladimir Drinfeld, Anatoly Chukanov, and Antón Lamazares. After him are Carter Burwell, Larry Van Kriedt, David Keith, Dai Sijie, Don Wilson, and Amparo Muñoz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ross the Boss ranks 5,922 out of 20,380Before him are John Lee Hancock (1956), Al Smith (1873), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Harry Daghlian (1921), Armie Hammer (1986), and Darlanne Fluegel (1953). After him are Johnny Knoxville (1971), Thomas Horsfield (1773), Kaley Cuoco (1985), Carter Burwell (1954), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), and Ned Block (1942).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Ross the Boss ranks 426Before him are Ralph Towner (1940), Steven Adler (1965), Benjamin Orr (1947), Donald Fagen (1948), Gram Parsons (1946), and Rosalyn Tureck (1914). After him are Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Scott Columbus (1956), Steve Stevens (1959), Norah Jones (1979), Mark Isham (1951), and Wynton Kelly (1931).