1946 - 2006
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was the band's original frontman and primary songwriter, known for his whimsical style of psychedelia, English-accented singing, and stream-of-consciousness writing style. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Syd Barrett has received more than 13,322,637 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Syd Barrett is the 69th most popular musician (down from 60th in 2019), the 321st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Musician.
Syd Barrett is most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist for the band Pink Floyd.
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Among musicians, Syd Barrett ranks 69 out of 2,662. Before him are Pablo de Sarasate, Chet Baker, Django Reinhardt, Carlos Santana, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and André Rieu. After him are Jon Lord, Amir Khusrow, Cosima Wagner, Alexander Glazunov, Antônio Carlos Jobim, and Cliff Burton.
1844 - 1908
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 63
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 64
1910 - 1953
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 65
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 66
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 67
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 68
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 69
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 70
1253 - 1325
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 71
1837 - 1930
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 72
1865 - 1936
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 73
1927 - 1994
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 74
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1946, Syd Barrett ranks 38. Before him are Roh Moo-hyun, Emerson Fittipaldi, David Suchet, Fabio Capello, Dianne Wiest, and Marina Abramović. After him are Oliver Stone, Hassanal Bolkiah, Nicos Anastasiades, Marianne Faithfull, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, and Barry Gibb. Among people deceased in 2006, Syd Barrett ranks 16. Before him are James Brown, Desmond Doss, Heinrich Harrer, Alfredo Stroessner, Philippe Noiret, and Oriana Fallaci. After him are György Ligeti, Owen Chamberlain, Joseph Barbera, Ibrahim Rugova, Clifford Geertz, and Anna Politkovskaya.
1946 - 2009
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 32
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 33
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 34
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 35
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 36
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 37
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 38
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 40
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 41
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 43
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 44
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 11
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 12
1912 - 2006
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 13
1930 - 2006
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 14
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 15
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 16
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 17
1920 - 2006
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 18
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 19
1944 - 2006
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 20
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 21
1958 - 2006
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, Syd Barrett ranks 321 out of 7,765. Before him are Stanley Matthews (1915), Thomas Andrews (1873), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), John Herschel (1792), Anne Neville (1456), and Frederick Soddy (1877). After him are Jacqueline Bisset (1944), Jon Lord (1941), Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), George Eliot (1819), G. K. Chesterton (1874), and William Crookes (1832).
1915 - 2000
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 315
1873 - 1912
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 316
1868 - 1912
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 317
1792 - 1871
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 318
1456 - 1485
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 319
1877 - 1956
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 320
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 321
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 322
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 323
837 - 871
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 324
1819 - 1880
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 325
1874 - 1936
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 326
1832 - 1919
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 327
Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Syd Barrett ranks 23. Before him are Sting (1951), Lemmy (1945), David Gilmour (1946), Roger Waters (1943), Jimmy Page (1944), and Ritchie Blackmore (1945). After him are Jon Lord (1941), Robert Fripp (1946), Richard Wright (1943), Angus Young (1955), Gary Moore (1952), and Mike Oldfield (1953).
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 17
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 18
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 19
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 20
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 22
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 23
1941 - 2012
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 25
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 26
1955 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 27
1952 - 2011
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 28
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 29