MUSICIAN

Shawn Crahan

1969 - Today

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Michael Shawn Crahan (born September 24, 1969), more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder and one of the percussionists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #6. Crahan helped form Slipknot in 1995 alongside bassist Paul Gray and former vocalist Anders Colsefni. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shawn Crahan has received more than 2,728,539 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Shawn Crahan is the 1,249th most popular musician (up from 1,377th in 2019), the 6,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,858th in 2019) and the 438th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shawn Crahans by language

Over the past year Shawn Crahan has had the most page views in the with 406,571 views, followed by Russian (57,529), and Spanish (40,275). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (65.29%), Dutch (44.31%), and Egyptian Arabic (35.60%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shawn Crahan ranks 1,249 out of 3,175. Before him are Kiko Loureiro, Shavo Odadjian, Bart Berman, Timbaland, Manu Katché, and Mike Bloomfield. After him are Roy Haynes, Jimmy Cobb, Ralph Siegel, Thomas Quasthoff, Red Garland, and Jack Nitzsche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Shawn Crahan ranks 178. Before him are Thomas Linke, Erlend Loe, Hélène Grimaud, Stephen Hendry, Byron Moreno, and Gary Speed. After him are Shawnee Smith, Spike Jonze, Matthew Settle, Noah Taylor, Danis Tanović, and Jason Becker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shawn Crahan ranks 6,138 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Bryant (1954), Phil Anselmo (1968), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Alexander Mackendrick (1912), and Lou Costello (1906). After him are Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Roy Haynes (1925), Edward Robinson (1794), Doug McClure (1935), Bill Johnston (1894), and Liao Zhongkai (1877).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Shawn Crahan ranks 438. Before him are Wynton Kelly (1931), Tommy Flanagan (1930), Michael Sembello (1954), Chico Hamilton (1921), Timbaland (1972), and Mike Bloomfield (1943). After him are Roy Haynes (1925), Jimmy Cobb (1929), Red Garland (1923), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Jason Becker (1969), and Jimmy Reed (1925).

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