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Stevie Ray Vaughan

1954 - 1990

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Stephen Ray Vaughan (also known as SRV; October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the blues rock trio Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Although his mainstream career spanned only seven years, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians in the history of blues music, and one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stevie Ray Vaughan has received more than 13,481,025 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Stevie Ray Vaughan is the 321st most popular musician (down from 307th in 2019), the 1,801st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,774th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Stevie Ray Vaughan ranks 321 out of 3,175. Before him are Fats Domino, Manu Dibango, Stevie Young, Per Gessle, Joe Zawinul, and Lee Soo-man. After him are Friedrich Gulda, Djivan Gasparyan, Sonny Rollins, Léo Ferré, Tiësto, and Eric Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Stevie Ray Vaughan ranks 66. Before him are Kailash Satyarthi, Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Phil Rudd, Riccardo Patrese, François Fillon, and Johnny Logan. After him are Ilan Ramon, Shuji Nakamura, Andrei Karlov, Rashad al-Alimi, Chris Evert, and Katsuhiro Otomo. Among people deceased in 1990, Stevie Ray Vaughan ranks 58. Before him are Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Delphine Seyrig, Philippe Soupault, Sammy Davis Jr., Aaron Copland, and Edward A. Murphy Jr.. After him are John Stewart Bell, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Jim Henson, Tadeusz Kantor, Arthur Kennedy, and Samuel Noah Kramer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stevie Ray Vaughan ranks 1,801 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Montgomery (1933), Temple Grandin (1947), Eugene Fama (1939), "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959), Jim Caviezel (1968), and Bill Pullman (1953). After him are Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Max Emmerich (1879), Billy Zane (1966), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), Zack Snyder (1966), and Christopher A. Sims (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Stevie Ray Vaughan ranks 89. Before him are Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Jerry Reed (1937), John Densmore (1944), Joe Satriani (1956), Robby Krieger (1946), and Fats Domino (1928). After him are Sonny Rollins (1930), Eric Carr (1950), Count Basie (1904), Paul Desmond (1924), Johnny Ramone (1948), and Fred Durst (1970).

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