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Simon Gallup

1960 - Today

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Simon Johnathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician who is best known as bassist for The Cure, which he first joined in 1979 and for which he has played through most of the band's history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Gallup has received more than 1,160,030 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Gallup is the 1,512th most popular musician (down from 1,474th in 2019), the 3,917th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,776th in 2019) and the 245th most popular British Musician.

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Simon Gallup ranks 1,512 out of 2,662Before him are Bret Michaels, Gotye, Ilaiyaraaja, Slim Harpo, Rick Danko, and Joe South. After him are Horace Andy, John Ogdon, Fats Navarro, Dennis Brain, Gabry Ponte, and Jerry Cantrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Simon Gallup ranks 285Before him are Neal Morse, Gilbert Diendéré, Jozef Chovanec, Delio Rossi, Željko Šturanović, and Simon Fuller. After him are Yōichi Takahashi, Raúl Vicente Amarilla, Robert J. Sawyer, Mohamed Timoumi, José Eduardo Agualusa, and Sandy Powell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Gallup ranks 3,917 out of 7,765Before him are Antonia Thomas (1986), James Robertson Justice (1907), Stuart McCall (1964), Frank Dillane (1991), Simon Fuller (1960), and Gary McKinnon (1966). After him are James Wilson (1805), Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Karen Gillan (1987), Jimmy Hogan (1882), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), and Brandon Carter (1942).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Simon Gallup ranks 245Before him are Alan Clark (1952), Alex Turner (1986), Boz Burrell (1946), Steve Hogarth (1956), Guy Berryman (1978), and Aynsley Dunbar (1946). After him are John Ogdon (1937), Dennis Brain (1921), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936), Kenney Jones (1948), John Sykes (1959), and Delia Derbyshire (1937).