MUSICIAN

Simon Le Bon

1958 - Today

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Simon John Charles Le Bon (born 27 October 1958) is an English singer. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of the new wave band Duran Duran and its offshoot Arcadia. Le Bon has received three Ivor Novello Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, including the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Le Bon has received more than 4,911,852 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Simon Le Bon is the 934th most popular musician (up from 981st in 2019), the 2,549th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,661st in 2019) and the 155th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Simon Le Bon ranks 934 out of 3,175. Before him are ATB, Rick James, Salamone Rossi, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Vlado Perlemuter, and Jackson Browne. After him are James Galway, Tommy Aldridge, Sabicas, Carmine Appice, Johnny Clegg, and Mordechai Gebirtig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Simon Le Bon ranks 145. Before him are Silvan Shalom, Terry Fox, Yuriy Boyko, Marcos Paquetá, Sergei Makarov, and Domenico Dolce. After him are Andreas Wenzel, Marlies Göhr, Giovanni Galli, Rachel Ticotin, Ramadan Shalah, and Louise Penny.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Simon Le Bon ranks 2,549 out of 8,785. Before him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), Dominic Purcell (1970), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Edith Durham (1863), Blanche of England (1392), and Philip Stone (1924). After him are George Gissing (1857), James Galway (1939), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Robert Kerr (1882), Walter Legge (1906), and Harry Brearley (1871).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Simon Le Bon ranks 155. Before him are Philip Catherine (1942), Eddie Clarke (1950), Fatboy Slim (1963), Würzel (1949), Mick Ronson (1946), and Carl Cox (1962). After him are James Galway (1939), Johnny Clegg (1953), George Shearing (1919), Bernie Marsden (1951), Simon Phillips (1957), and Ian McDonald (1946).

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