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Tom Petty

1950 - 2017

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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Petty has received more than 25,301,941 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Petty is the 411th most popular musician (up from 535th in 2019), the 2,272nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,834th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tom Petty ranks 411 out of 3,175. Before him are Jan Kubelík, Donovan, Joe Perry, Johnny Winter, Bulbul, and Alan Walker. After him are Domenico Alberti, Willi Boskovsky, DJ BoBo, Krystian Zimerman, Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, and Annie Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Tom Petty ranks 107. Before him are Håkan Nesser, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Victoria Principal, John Landis, James Rothman, and Joe Perry. After him are Barbara Sukowa, Terry Gou, Ken Kutaragi, Steve McCurry, Nancy Allen, and Frank Stallone. Among people deceased in 2017, Tom Petty ranks 114. Before him are Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Roger Ailes, Tobe Hooper, Roger Pingeon, Peter Abrahams, and Heinz Kessler. After him are Peter Mansfield, Ángel Nieto, Jiro Taniguchi, Azzedine Alaïa, Brian Aldiss, and Shadia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Petty ranks 2,272 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Othniel Charles Marsh (1831), John Conyers (1929), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Joseph Kittinger (1928), and Albert R. Broccoli (1909). After him are John Bates Clark (1847), Eazy-E (1964), Kamehameha II (1797), Jack Johnson (1878), Felicity Huffman (1962), and Kanye West (1977).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tom Petty ranks 122. Before him are Dennis Wilson (1944), Glenn Frey (1948), Ray Conniff (1916), Albert King (1923), Joe Perry (1950), and Johnny Winter (1944). After him are John Phillips (1935), Lionel Hampton (1908), Steve Vai (1960), Kenny Loggins (1948), Philly Joe Jones (1923), and Al Di Meola (1954).

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