1959 - Today
Steve Stevens (born Steven Bruce Schneider; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, and for his lead guitar work on the theme to Top Gun – "Top Gun Anthem" – for which he won a Grammy in 1987: Best Pop Instrumental Performance. Stevens has played for Michael Jackson, Ric Ocasek, Robert Palmer, and many others. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Stevens has received more than 1,967,268 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Steve Stevens is the 1,051st most popular musician (up from 1,245th in 2019), the 5,138th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,160th in 2019) and the 383rd most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Steve Stevens ranks 1,051 out of 2,662. Before him are Billy Cox, D'arcy Wretzky, Shura Cherkassky, Magne Furuholmen, Chris Barber, and Sterling Morrison. After him are Peter Banks, Tamás Vásáry, Enrique Santos Discépolo, Susumu Hirasawa, Blackie Lawless, and Gustavo Cerati.
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 1,045
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 1,046
1909 - 1995
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 1,047
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 1,048
1930 - 2021
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 1,049
1942 - 1995
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 1,050
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,051
1947 - 2013
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 1,052
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 1,053
1901 - 1951
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 1,054
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 1,055
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 1,056
1959 - 2014
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 1,057
Among people born in 1959, Steve Stevens ranks 162. Before him are Ezzaki Badou, Giovanna Amati, Akhmed Zakayev, Akio Ōtsuka, Caroline Goodall, and Brian Thompson. After him are Erwin Vandenbergh, Aidan Quinn, Gustavo Cerati, Bradley Whitford, László Kövér, and Anthony LaPaglia.
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 156
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 157
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 158
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 159
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 160
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 161
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 162
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 163
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 164
1959 - 2014
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 165
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 166
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 167
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 168
Among people born in United States, Steve Stevens ranks 5,138 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Lucas (1940), Brenda Strong (1960), John Cromwell (1886), Ronald Graham (1935), Yusuf Estes (1944), and Frank Frazetta (1928). After him are Daniela Ruah (1983), Philip Showalter Hench (1896), Leland Sklar (1947), Gus Hall (1910), Eddie Lawson (1958), and Eli Roth (1972).
1940 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 5,132
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 5,133
1886 - 1979
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 5,134
1935 - 2020
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 5,135
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 5,136
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 5,137
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 5,138
1983 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5,139
1896 - 1965
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5,140
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5,141
1910 - 2000
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5,142
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 5,143
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 5,144
Among musicians born in United States, Steve Stevens ranks 383. Before him are Patti Scialfa (1953), Buddy Bolden (1877), Tony Williams (1945), Billy Cox (1939), D'arcy Wretzky (1968), and Sterling Morrison (1942). After him are Blackie Lawless (1956), Terry Bozzio (1950), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), Scott Columbus (1956), Scott LaFaro (1936), and Moe Tucker (1944).
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 377
1877 - 1931
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 378
1945 - 1997
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 379
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 380
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 381
1942 - 1995
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 382
1959 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 383
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 384
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 385
1911 - 1984
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 386
1956 - 2011
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 387
1936 - 1961
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 388
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 389