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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 379,984 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Wolf Hoffmann is the 1,151st most popular musician (up from 1,340th in 2019), the 3,845th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,806th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Musician.

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  • 380k

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  • 48.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 1,151 out of 2,662Before him are Shavo Odadjian, Parov Stelar, Sonny Stitt, Frank Thomas, Martin Birch, and Dexter Holland. After him are Dave Holland, Rick Springfield, Roger Norrington, José María Ventura Casas, Neil Murray, and Pino Daniele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 187Before him are Steven Erikson, Ferzan Özpetek, Momoe Yamaguchi, Ulrich Matthes, Blixa Bargeld, and Ettore Messina. After him are Chris Lowe, Viktoria Mullova, Hovik Abrahamyan, Gilmar Rinaldi, Blaž Slišković, and Aleksei Balabanov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 3,845 out of 6,142Before him are Ludwig Aschoff (1866), Ruth Pfau (1929), Gernot Rohr (1953), Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (1948), Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803), and Paul Götz (1883). After him are Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (1908), Ludwig Berger (1892), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Paul Verhoeven (1901), Julius von Haast (1822), and Conrad Albrecht (1880).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Wolf Hoffmann ranks 63Before him are ATB (1973), Conny Plank (1940), Jaki Liebezeit (1938), Karl Bartos (1952), Reinhold Mack (1901), and Menahem Pressler (1923). After him are Francis Buchholz (1954), Max von Schillings (1868), Thomas Quasthoff (1959), Oliver Shanti (1948), Sabine Meyer (1959), and Ralph Siegel (1945).