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Adam Clayton

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Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960) is an English-Irish musician who is the bass guitarist of the rock band U2. Born in Oxfordshire, England, he lived in County Dublin, Ireland after his family moved to Malahide in 1965, when he was five years old. Clayton attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where he met schoolmates with whom he co-founded U2 in 1976. A member of the band since its inception, he has recorded 15 studio albums with U2. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Clayton is the 967th most popular musician (down from 860th in 2019), the 2,800th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,397th in 2019) and the 176th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Adam Clayton ranks 967 out of 3,175. Before him are Valery Afanassiev, Jorge Bolet, Jerry Garcia, Steve Jordan, Julius Klengel, and Ludwig Göransson. After him are Wolf Hoffmann, Bernhard Romberg, Steven Wilson, Eliades Ochoa, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Abdullah Ibrahim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Adam Clayton ranks 162. Before him are Wayne Rainey, Micheál Martin, Fabiola Gianotti, Mohammad Javad Zarif, Nobuyo Fujishiro, and Omar Sharmarke. After him are Peggy Whitson, Jan Wouters, Rob Marshall, Thomas Haden Church, Greta Scacchi, and Jon Huntsman Jr..

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Clayton ranks 2,801 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Byrne (1943), Dougray Scott (1965), Edwin Lutyens (1869), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), Willie Watson (1920), and Graeme Souness (1953). After him are Philip Henry Gosse (1810), Joseph Larmor (1857), John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), John Terry (1980), and Anthony Horowitz (1955).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Adam Clayton ranks 176. Before him are Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Alan Price (1942), Trevor Horn (1949), Ian McDonald (1946), Al Stewart (1945), and Peter Maxwell Davies (1934). After him are Steven Wilson (1967), Mick Ronson (1946), Denny Laine (1944), Johnny Clegg (1953), Andrew Latimer (1949), and Paul Simonon (1955).

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