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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 2,759,778 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Shawn Crahan is the 1,382nd most popular musician (down from 1,152nd in 2019), the 6,872nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,707th in 2019) and the 527th most popular American Musician.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shawn Crahan ranks 1,382 out of 2,662Before him are Patrick Moraz, Timothy B. Schmit, Darryl Jones, Marc-André Hamelin, Rabih Abou-Khalil, and Janis Ian. After him are Mark Evans, Alexander Brailowsky, Vinny Appice, Nat Adderley, Sven Väth, and Edo de Waart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Shawn Crahan ranks 210Before him are Jay Kay, Lucy Hawking, Jimmy Morales, Akebono Tarō, Stefania Belmondo, and Eusebio Di Francesco. After him are Helmut Lotti, Uhm Jung-hwa, Vlad Filat, Jeremy Davies, José Chamot, and Bismarck Barreto Faria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shawn Crahan ranks 6,872 out of 18,182Before him are Justin Gatlin (1982), Christopher Jones (1941), Michael Lerner (1941), John Carmack (1970), Janis Ian (1951), and Sid Caesar (1922). After him are Anna Katharine Green (1846), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), James J. Jeffries (1875), L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Richard Simmons (1948), and John Russell (1921).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Shawn Crahan ranks 527Before him are Buddy DeFranco (1923), Dan Hartman (1950), Dizzy Reed (1963), Timothy B. Schmit (1947), Darryl Jones (1961), and Janis Ian (1951). After him are Vinny Appice (1957), Nat Adderley (1931), Jim Root (1971), John Lurie (1952), Blind Blake (1893), and Bill Frisell (1951).