1937 - 2002
Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 14, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is best known as one of the founding pioneers of the Outlaw Movement. Jennings first played guitar at age eight and first performed at age twelve on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, The Texas Longhorns. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Waylon Jennings has received more than 6,976,808 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Waylon Jennings is the 485th most popular singer (up from 538th in 2019), the 2,906th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,042nd in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Waylon Jennings ranks 485 out of 3,541. Before him are Shawn Mendes, Gohar Gasparyan, Nelly Furtado, Black, Gigi D'Agostino, and Claudio Villa. After him are Ahmad Zahir, Bobby Darin, Renato Carosone, Mari Boine, Don McLean, and Isabella Colbran.
1998 - Present
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 479
1924 - 2007
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 480
1978 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 481
1962 - 2016
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 482
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 483
1926 - 1987
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 484
1937 - 2002
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 485
1946 - 1979
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 486
1936 - 1973
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 487
1920 - 2001
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 488
1956 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 489
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 490
1785 - 1845
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 491
Among people born in 1937, Waylon Jennings ranks 147. Before him are Giorgi Shengelaia, Ned Beatty, Anna Hazare, Aslan Usoyan, Amos Tversky, and Aleksandr Medved. After him are Olusegun Obasanjo, Archie Shepp, Foday Sankoh, Sami Frey, Gordon Milne, and Andrés Gimeno. Among people deceased in 2002, Waylon Jennings ranks 96. Before him are Uziel Gal, Karel Reisz, Victor Weisskopf, Michail Stasinopoulos, Joseph Bonanno, and Thomas Gordon. After him are Jacques Massu, Eugenio Coșeriu, Brad Dexter, Michel Henry, Nikolai Amosov, and Daniel Gélin.
1937 - 2020
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 141
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 142
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 143
1937 - 2013
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 144
1937 - 1996
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 145
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 146
1937 - 2002
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 147
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 148
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 149
1937 - 2003
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 150
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 151
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 152
1937 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 153
1923 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 90
1926 - 2002
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 91
1908 - 2002
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 92
1903 - 2002
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 93
1905 - 2002
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 94
1918 - 2002
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 95
1937 - 2002
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 96
1908 - 2002
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 97
1921 - 2002
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 98
1917 - 2002
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 99
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 100
1913 - 2002
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 101
1921 - 2002
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 102
Among people born in United States, Waylon Jennings ranks 2,906 out of 15,968. Before him are Joseph Valachi (1904), Katherine MacGregor (1925), Vito Acconci (1940), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Stanley Schachter (1922), and The Big Bopper (1930). After him are Blake Lively (1987), Philip Baker Hall (1931), Liev Schreiber (1967), Wally Schirra (1923), Elmore Leonard (1925), and Robert Indiana (1928).
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 2,900
1925 - 2018
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 2,901
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 2,902
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2,903
1922 - 1997
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2,904
1930 - 1959
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2,905
1937 - 2002
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2,906
1987 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2,907
1931 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 2,908
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,909
1923 - 2007
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,910
1925 - 2013
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,911
1928 - 2018
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 2,912
Among singers born in United States, Waylon Jennings ranks 148. Before him are Fergie (1975), Al Martino (1927), Marian Anderson (1897), Miley Cyrus (1992), Billie Eilish (2001), and Jackie Jackson (1951). After him are Bobby Darin (1936), Don McLean (1945), Emmylou Harris (1947), Big Mama Thornton (1926), Mos Def (1973), and KRS-One (1965).
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 142
1927 - 2009
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 143
1897 - 1993
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 144
1992 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 145
2001 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 146
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 147
1937 - 2002
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 148
1936 - 1973
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 149
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 150
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 151
1926 - 1984
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 152
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 153
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 154