MUSICIAN

Steve Rothery

1959 - Today

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Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician who is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the progressive rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo The Wishing Tree and an instrumental solo album, The Ghosts of Pripyat, released in September 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Rothery has received more than 399,605 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Rothery is the 1,893rd most popular musician (down from 1,840th in 2019), the 4,801st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,610th in 2019) and the 310th most popular British Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Steve Rothery ranks 1,893 out of 3,175. Before him are Ed O'Brien, Blue Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, D. H. Peligro, Suzanne Ciani, and Graham Coxon. After him are Otis Blackwell, Eddie Hazel, Joe Lovano, Rick J. Jordan, Wes Borland, and Ed King.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Steve Rothery ranks 398. Before him are Rob Gonsalves, Kenneth Brylle, Elizabeth Peña, Tamara Tunie, Ole Bornedal, and D. H. Peligro. After him are Ray Gillen, Trond Sollied, Laila Robins, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Heinz Günthardt, and Charles Scicluna.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steve Rothery ranks 4,801 out of 8,785. Before him are Don Finlay (1909), Caroline Cossey (1954), Hugh Falconer (1808), Lesley Nicol (1953), Hugh Blair (1718), and George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800). After him are Roland Penrose (1900), Alister Hardy (1896), Andy Carroll (1989), MF Doom (1971), Reginald McKenna (1863), and Judy Cornwell (1940).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Steve Rothery ranks 310. Before him are Derek Bailey (1930), Pete Quaife (1943), Jim Lea (1949), Glyn Johns (1942), Lionel Tertis (1876), and Ed O'Brien (1968). After him are Stanley Sadie (1930), Neil Innes (1944), Rupert Holmes (1947), Guy Berryman (1978), Richard Ashcroft (1971), and The Proclaimers (1962).

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