1950 - 2017
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist. Petty had many hit records. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Petty has received more than 20,965,084 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Tom Petty is the 535th most popular musician (up from 548th in 2019), the 2,841st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,873rd in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Tom Petty ranks 535 out of 2,662. Before him are Clive Burr, Alan Walker, Joe Pass, Shinichi Suzuki, Riccardo Cocciante, and Radu Lupu. After him are Artie Shaw, Christian Lorenz, Lucio Battisti, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Mitsuko Uchida, and Ace Frehley.
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 529
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 530
1929 - 1994
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 531
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 532
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 533
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 534
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 535
1910 - 2004
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 536
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 537
1943 - 1998
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 538
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 539
1948 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 540
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 541
Among people born in 1950, Tom Petty ranks 116. Before him are Geraldine James, Miki Manojlović, Paul Watson, Juan Gabriel, Victoria Principal, and Li Zhanshu. After him are Frank Stallone, Yuki Fushimi, Elya Baskin, Laura Esquivel, Natalie Cole, and Nancy Allen. Among people deceased in 2017, Tom Petty ranks 134. Before him are Naim Süleymanoğlu, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Jiro Taniguchi, Todor Veselinović, Ludmila Belousova, and Daliah Lavi. After him are John Wetton, Hans Schäfer, Lyudmila Chernykh, Aleksey Batalov, Viktor Gorbatko, and Richard F. Gordon Jr..
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 110
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 111
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 112
1950 - 2016
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 113
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 114
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 115
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 116
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 117
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 118
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 119
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 120
1950 - 2015
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 121
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 122
1967 - 2017
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 128
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 129
1947 - 2017
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 130
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 131
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 132
1942 - 2017
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 133
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 134
1949 - 2017
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 135
1927 - 2017
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 136
1935 - 2017
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 137
1928 - 2017
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 138
1934 - 2017
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 139
1929 - 2017
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 140
Among people born in United States, Tom Petty ranks 2,841 out of 18,182. Before him are Karen Black (1939), Frances E. Allen (1932), Lauren Hutton (1943), Morgan Robertson (1861), Walton Walker (1889), and Curtis Hanson (1945). After him are Sam Jones (1933), Lois Chiles (1947), Sam Waterston (1940), Artie Shaw (1910), Cheech Marin (1946), and Jeffrey Tambor (1944).
1939 - 2013
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,835
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,836
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 2,837
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,838
1889 - 1950
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,839
1945 - 2016
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 2,840
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 2,841
1933 - 2021
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2,842
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2,843
1940 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 2,844
1910 - 2004
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,845
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 2,846
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 2,847
Among musicians born in United States, Tom Petty ranks 161. Before him are Jermaine Jackson (1954), Joey DeMaio (1954), Freddie King (1934), Wendy Carlos (1939), Gerry Mulligan (1927), and Joe Pass (1929). After him are Artie Shaw (1910), Ace Frehley (1951), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Matt Cameron (1962), Gene Krupa (1909), and Don Henley (1947).
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 155
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 156
1934 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 157
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 158
1927 - 1996
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 159
1929 - 1994
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 160
1950 - 2017
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 161
1910 - 2004
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 162
1951 - Present
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 163
1954 - 1992
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 164
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 165
1909 - 1973
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 166
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 167