MUSICIAN

Wolfgang Flür

1947 - Today

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Wolfgang Flür (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known for playing percussion in the electronic group Kraftwerk from 1973 to 1987. Flür claims that he invented the electric drums the group used throughout the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang Flür has received more than 283,732 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang Flür is the 1,182nd most popular musician, the 4,256th most popular biography from Germany and the 69th most popular German Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wolfgang Flür ranks 1,182 out of 3,175. Before him are Kate Pierson, Linda Perry, Dave Holland, Paul Gilbert, Marty Balin, and Barry Hay. After him are Szymon Goldberg, Peter Tägtgren, Jenő Jandó, Joe Henderson, Prince Buster, and John Abercrombie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Wolfgang Flür ranks 445. Before him are Michael Ignatieff, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Sylvester, Dương Thu Hương, Giuseppe Betori, and Margaret Geller. After him are Philémon Yang, Martin Ferrero, Pete Ham, Tristan Murail, Benjamin Orr, and Klaus Dibiasi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wolfgang Flür ranks 4,256 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1859), Rudi Fischer (1912), Kim Dotcom (1974), Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1849), Angela Gossow (1974), and Vadim Glowna (1941). After him are Michael Zorc (1962), Manfred Burgsmüller (1949), Selma Ergeç (1978), Karl Hugo Strunz (1910), Elke Erb (1938), and Özlem Türeci (1967).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Wolfgang Flür ranks 69. Before him are Conny Plank (1940), Max von Schillings (1868), Julius Klengel (1859), Helmuth Rilling (1933), Sophie Menter (1846), and Klaus Doldinger (1936). After him are Eberhard Weber (1940), Sabine Meyer (1959), Ralph Siegel (1945), Thomas Quasthoff (1959), Elly Ney (1882), and Markus Grosskopf (1965).

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