1961 - Today
Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [ton aˈɾaʝa]; born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean-American musician, best known as the vocalist and bassist of thrash metal band Slayer. He was ranked 58th by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. Araya, along with Kerry King, are the only members who stayed in the band since its inception. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Araya has received more than 2,384,045 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Tom Araya is the 670th most popular musician (down from 646th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Chile (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Musician.
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Among musicians, Tom Araya ranks 670 out of 2,662. Before him are Bob Seger, Karol Mikuli, Mark Lanegan, Nikolai Zverev, Maceo Parker, and Jerry Garcia. After him are Kenny Loggins, Bob Sinclar, Tito Jackson, Don Felder, Herb Alpert, and Jenő Hubay.
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 664
1821 - 1897
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 665
1964 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 666
1832 - 1893
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 667
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 668
1942 - 1995
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 669
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 670
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 671
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 672
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 673
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 674
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 675
1858 - 1937
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 676
Among people born in 1961, Tom Araya ranks 94. Before him are Jonas Jonasson, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dylan McDermott, Guido Westerwelle, Jacky Cheung, and Tom Sizemore. After him are Sergei Aleinikov, Christopher Meloni, Ghislaine Maxwell, Kim Tok-hun, Jennifer Coolidge, and Rob Hall.
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 88
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 89
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 90
1961 - 2016
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 91
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 92
1961 - 2023
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 93
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 94
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 95
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 96
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 97
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 98
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 99
1961 - 1996
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 100
Among people born in Chile, Tom Araya ranks 46 out of 265. Before him are Alexis Sánchez (1988), Gabriel González Videla (1898), José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), José Miguel Carrera (1785), Arturo Alessandri (1868), and Guillermo Subiabre (1903). After him are Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947), René Schneider (1913), Patricio Guzmán (1941), Marcelo Salas (1974), Teresa of the Andes (1900), and Juan Rodríguez Vega (1944).
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 40
1898 - 1980
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 41
1840 - 1891
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 42
1785 - 1821
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 43
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 44
1903 - 1964
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 45
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 46
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 47
1913 - 1970
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 48
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 49
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 50
1900 - 1920
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 51
1944 - 2021
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 52
Among musicians born in Chile, Tom Araya ranks 3. Before him are Claudio Arrau (1903) and Violeta Parra (1917).
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 1
1917 - 1967
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 2
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 3