1948 - Today
Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist, founder and leader of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm/lead guitarist, primary songwriter and the sole constant member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Scorpions Musik-Produktions-und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (Scorpions music production and publishing company) and owner/founder of the Scorpio-Sound-Studios in Lower Saxony. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Schenker has received more than 1,605,040 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Rudolf Schenker is the 162nd most popular musician (up from 278th in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,273rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Musician.
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Among musicians, Rudolf Schenker ranks 162 out of 2,662. Before him are Joseph Joachim, Claudio Arrau, Pete Best, György Cziffra, Stan Getz, and Don Cherry. After him are Caetano Veloso, Bono, Chris Slade, Anton Diabelli, Dave Brubeck, and Björk.
1831 - 1907
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 156
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 157
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 158
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 159
1927 - 1991
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 160
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 161
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 162
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 163
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 164
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 165
1781 - 1858
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 166
1920 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 167
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 168
Among people born in 1948, Rudolf Schenker ranks 47. Before him are John Carpenter, Giorgio Parisi, Jerzy Kukuczka, Tony Iommi, Grace Jones, and Elizabeth Blackburn. After him are Bernard-Henri Lévy, Carl Weathers, Ian McEwan, Brian Eno, Sven-Göran Eriksson, and Ian Paice.
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 41
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 42
1948 - 1989
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 43
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 44
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 45
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 46
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 47
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 48
1948 - 2024
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 49
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 50
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 51
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 52
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 53
Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Schenker ranks 793 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Fallada (1893), Maria Barbara Bach (1684), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), and Eduard Dietl (1890). After him are Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Carl Friedrich Abel (1723), Gudrun Burwitz (1929), Hermann Cohen (1842), Herbert Kroemer (1928), and Agnes of Merania (1175).
1893 - 1947
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 787
1684 - 1720
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 788
1942 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 789
1821 - 1912
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 790
1758 - 1828
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 791
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 792
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 793
1792 - 1854
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 794
1723 - 1787
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 795
1929 - 2018
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 796
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 797
1928 - Present
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 798
1175 - 1201
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 799
Among musicians born in Germany, Rudolf Schenker ranks 8. Before him are Leopold Mozart (1719), Till Lindemann (1963), Carlos Kleiber (1930), James Last (1929), Hans von Bülow (1830), and Frank Farian (1941). After him are Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Klaus Nomi (1944), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), Michael Schenker (1955), and André Previn (1929).
1719 - 1787
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 2
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 3
1930 - 2004
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 4
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 5
1830 - 1894
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 6
1941 - 2024
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 8
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 9
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 10
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 11
1806 - 1874
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 12
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 13
1929 - 2019
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 14