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Wolf Hoffmann

1959 - Today

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Wolf Hoffmann (born 10 December 1959) is a German musician, primarily known as the guitarist and last remaining original member of heavy metal band Accept since 1976. His work in Accept influenced the development of speed metal genre. He is also one of the first players of neoclassical metal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolf Hoffmann has received more than 415,669 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wolf Hoffmann is the 981st most popular musician (up from 1,148th in 2019), the 3,769th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,835th in 2019) and the 58th most popular German Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 981 out of 3,175. Before him are Corey Taylor, Candy Dulfer, Daron Malakian, Phil Campbell, Charlie Haden, and Dick Parry. After him are Ted Nugent, John Mayer, Tommy Thayer, Michael Weikath, Ivan Lins, and Véronique Sanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 170. Before him are Aidan Quinn, Carlos Vila Nova, Michael Kors, Erhard Loretan, David Shore, and Surat Huseynov. After him are Peter Mensah, Hovik Abrahamyan, Viveca Sten, Blixa Bargeld, Lawrence Stroll, and Ettore Messina.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 3,769 out of 7,253. Before him are Peter Thiel (1967), Erich Marcks (1891), Norbert Lammert (1948), Alexander, Prince of Lippe (1831), Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel (1804), and Glückel of Hameln (1646). After him are Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1495), Bruno Apitz (1900), Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg (1653), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), Bernd Förster (1956), and Caspar Olevian (1536).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 58. Before him are Karl Bartos (1952), Daniel Steibelt (1765), ATB (1973), Jackson Browne (1948), Adolf Busch (1891), and Peter Brötzmann (1941). After him are Michael Weikath (1962), Bernhard Romberg (1767), Jaki Liebezeit (1938), Johann Peter Salomon (1745), Conny Plank (1940), and Max von Schillings (1868).

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