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Warren Zevon

1947 - 2003

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Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer, songwriter, and musician. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money", and "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner". All three songs are featured on his third album, Excitable Boy (1978), the title track of which is also well-known. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Warren Zevon has received more than 5,045,219 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Warren Zevon is the 1,633rd most popular musician (down from 1,524th in 2019), the 8,171st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,617th in 2019) and the 646th most popular American Musician.

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  • 44.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Warren Zevon ranks 1,633 out of 2,662. Before him are Sharleen Spiteri, Joe Bonamassa, José Antonio Labordeta, Dave Navarro, Jimmy Garrison, and Eliane Elias. After him are Jimmie Vaughan, Yoko Shimomura, Kim Kashkashian, Michael McDonald, Holly Johnson, and David Cross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Warren Zevon ranks 557. Before him are Alberto Bigon, Arkady Andreasyan, David Patterson, Finn Kalvik, Bob Houghton, and Valdir Espinosa. After him are Buddy Miles, Branislav Pokrajac, Glenn Cornick, Gennadiy Seleznyov, Giora Spiegel, and Grethe Kausland. Among people deceased in 2003, Warren Zevon ranks 254. Before him are Jim Siedow, Mike Larrabee, Sven Fahlman, Emil Pažický, Felix Kaspar, and William C. McCool. After him are Armand Borel, Conrad Hall, Jonathan Brandis, Daijiro Kato, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, and Hedy Schlunegger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Warren Zevon ranks 8,171 out of 18,182. Before him are Paddy Chayefsky (1923), Robert Tarjan (1948), Marshall Allman (1984), Rhyno (1975), Helen Jacobs (1908), and Oscar Olson (1878). After him are Hampton Fancher (1938), Mara Corday (1930), Hiram Johnson (1866), Ryan White (1971), Jimmie Vaughan (1951), and Herman Glass (1880).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Warren Zevon ranks 646. Before him are Paul Bostaph (1964), Tom DeLonge (1975), Daryl Stuermer (1952), Joe Bonamassa (1977), Dave Navarro (1967), and Jimmy Garrison (1934). After him are Jimmie Vaughan (1951), Kim Kashkashian (1952), Michael McDonald (1952), John Patitucci (1959), Big Walter Horton (1921), and Buddy Miles (1947).

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