MUSICIAN

Zak Starkey

1965 - Today

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Zak Richard Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is an English rock drummer who has performed and recorded with the Who since 1996. He is also the third drummer to have appeared with Oasis. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works, the Lightning Seeds, and the Semantics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zak Starkey has received more than 3,436,854 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Zak Starkey is the 1,757th most popular musician (down from 1,709th in 2019), the 4,507th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,349th in 2019) and the 285th most popular British Musician.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Zak Starkey ranks 1,757 out of 3,175Before him are Harold Budd, Les Baxter, Leonidas Kavakos, Hilary Hahn, Daniel Johnston, and George Gruntz. After him are James Cotton, Marisa Monte, Mille Petrozza, Walter Becker, Will.i.am, and Billy Corgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Zak Starkey ranks 314Before him are Michelle Forbes, William Mapother, James Nesbitt, Paul Heyman, Rui Barros, and Christian Streich. After him are Franck Sauzée, Jens Albinus, Ali Dia, Mauro Gambetti, Richard K. Morgan, and John van Loen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Zak Starkey ranks 4,507 out of 8,785Before him are Luke Goss (1968), Edward Newton (1832), James Frain (1968), Morton Betts (1847), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), and Almroth Wright (1861). After him are Owain Yeoman (1978), William Sherard (1659), Julian Symons (1912), Colin Salmon (1962), Matthew Lewis (1989), and Nigella Lawson (1960).

Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Zak Starkey ranks 285Before him are Chris Thomas (1947), Jeremy Spencer (1948), Richard Sinclair (1948), Holly Johnson (1960), Howard Jones (1955), and Andy Mackay (1946). After him are Brian Robertson (1956), Dave Edmunds (1944), Dave Hill (1946), Delia Derbyshire (1937), Stephen Morris (1957), and Phil Collen (1957).