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Tim "Ripper" Owens

1967 - Today

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Timothy S. "Ripper" Owens (born September 13, 1967) is an American heavy metal singer who currently performs with KK's Priest, Spirits of Fire, the Three Tremors and A New Revenge. He first gained attention as the lead singer of Judas Priest and then Iced Earth. He took the nickname "Ripper" from the Judas Priest song "The Ripper" during his time in the tribute band British Steel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim "Ripper" Owens has received more than 1,513,015 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Tim "Ripper" Owens is the 1,844th most popular singer (down from 1,506th in 2019), the 9,877th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,021st in 2019) and the 478th most popular American Singer.

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  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tim "Ripper" Owens ranks 1,844 out of 4,381Before him are Rick Ross, Ahlam, Dianne Reeves, Neal Morse, Mika Nakashima, and Thérèse Steinmetz. After him are Mac DeMarco, Dero Goi, Cho Mi-yeon, Candi Staton, Avi Toledano, and Valeriya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Tim "Ripper" Owens ranks 329Before him are Geraldine Somerville, Sherry Stringfield, John Barrowman, Dmitry Nagiyev, Jonathan Gilbert, and Carlos Alberto Dias. After him are Cristi Puiu, Eriq Ebouaney, Marco Giampaolo, Andrea James, Miriam Rodríguez Martínez, and Brahim Boutayeb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tim "Ripper" Owens ranks 9,877 out of 20,380Before him are Sylvia Robinson (1935), Bud Luckey (1934), Andy Weir (1972), George Lynch (1954), John Debney (1956), and Kawhi Leonard (1991). After him are Patricia Canning Todd (1922), Marjorie Gestring (1922), Richard Shelby (1934), Rip Taylor (1931), Remy LaCroix (1988), and Michael Patrick King (1954).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tim "Ripper" Owens ranks 478Before him are LaVern Baker (1929), Brad Delp (1951), Patty Smyth (1957), Rick Ross (1976), Dianne Reeves (1956), and Neal Morse (1960). After him are Candi Staton (1940), Hope Sandoval (1966), Gerard Way (1977), Bebel Gilberto (1966), Flo Rida (1979), and Mavis Staples (1939).