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 guitarist, primary songwriter and longest-serving original member of the band. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Schenker has received more than 1,344,735 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Rudolf Schenker is the 160th most popular musician (up from 278th in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,273rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Musician.
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Among musicians, Rudolf Schenker ranks 160 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: 154
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 156
1921 - 1994
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 157
1927 - 1991
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 158
1936 - 1995
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 159
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 160
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 161
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 162
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 163
1781 - 1858
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 164
1920 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 165
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 166
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 - Present
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 - Present
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 7. Before him are Clara Schumann (1819), Leopold Mozart (1719), Till Lindemann (1963), 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).
1819 - 1896
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 1
1719 - 1787
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 2
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 3
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
1830 - 1894
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 5
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 7
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 8
1944 - 1983
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 9
1784 - 1849
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 10
1806 - 1874
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 12
1929 - 2019
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 13