SINGER

Tom Verlaine

1949 - 2023

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Thomas Joseph Miller (December 13, 1949 – January 28, 2023), known professionally as Tom Verlaine, was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the New York City rock band Television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Verlaine has received more than 1,195,729 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tom Verlaine is the 1,187th most popular singer (up from 1,225th in 2019), the 6,066th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,609th in 2019) and the 303rd most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tom Verlaines by language

Over the past year Tom Verlaine has had the most page views in the with 148,854 views, followed by French (11,410), and Italian (9,792). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (491.84%), Southern Azerbaijani (38.75%), and Persian (32.10%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tom Verlaine ranks 1,187 out of 4,381. Before him are Juan Pons, Willie Colón, Arne Bendiksen, Roger McGuinn, Susana Baca, and Kenny Dorham. After him are Katri Helena, Paul Day, Marc Almond, Francesca Lebrun, Lauritz Melchior, and Leo Slezak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Tom Verlaine ranks 382. Before him are Pia Degermark, John Boehner, Stan Hansen, Delia Owens, Volodymyr Onyshchenko, and Helena Fibingerová. After him are Steven Williams, Odilo Scherer, Arjun Appadurai, Kayahan, Viktor Klimenko, and Michael Beck. Among people deceased in 2023, Tom Verlaine ranks 392. Before him are Francesco Maselli, Herschel Savage, Gérard Latortue, Ganira Pashayeva, François Bracci, and Jorge Edwards. After him are Owen Davidson, Barry Newman, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi, Grace Bumbry, Charles Simic, and Theodoros Pangalos.

Others Born in 1949

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Verlaine ranks 6,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Estelle Taylor (1894), Denver Pyle (1920), Margaret Avery (1944), Enoch L. Johnson (1883), Judge Reinhold (1957), and Allen Garfield (1939). After him are Mike Lee (1971), S. Robson Walton (1944), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), C. J. Cherryh (1942), Mickey Kuhn (1932), and Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tom Verlaine ranks 303. Before him are Ted Neeley (1943), Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), Jonathan Davis (1971), Willie Colón (1950), Roger McGuinn (1942), and Kenny Dorham (1924). After him are Grace Bumbry (1937), Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Phil Anselmo (1968), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Philip Bailey (1951), and Bobby Helms (1933).

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