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Ian Anderson

1947 - Today

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Ian Scott Anderson (born 10 August 1947) is a British musician best known for being the chief vocalist, flautist, and acoustic guitarist of the British rock band Jethro Tull. He is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays harmonica, keyboard, bass guitar, bouzouki, balalaika, saxophone and a variety of whistles. His solo work began with Walk into Light in 1983; since then he has released another five albums, including the sequel to the 1972 Jethro Tull album Thick as a Brick, titled TaaB 2: Whatever Happened to Gerald Bostock? (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Anderson is the 349th most popular musician (up from 392nd in 2019), the 1,323rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,329th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ian Anderson ranks 349 out of 3,175. Before him are Janick Gers, Kirk Hammett, PJ Harvey, Marco Hietala, Paul Wittgenstein, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. After him are Artur Schnabel, Florian Schneider, Riccardo Cocciante, Robert Wyatt, Jack White, and Michael Schenker.

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Among people born in 1947, Ian Anderson ranks 140. Before him are Gérard Houllier, Richard Jenkins, Jerzy Stuhr, Viktor Suvorov, Branko Oblak, and Kiki Camarena. After him are Florian Schneider, Edward James Olmos, Kazimierz Deyna, Alexander Rutskoy, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, and Tadahiko Ueda.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Anderson ranks 1,323 out of 8,785. Before him are Luke Evans (1979), Elias Ashmole (1617), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), Michael Wilding (1912), Charles Spearman (1863), and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713). After him are James Ferguson (1797), Arnold Toynbee (1852), Rick Parfitt (1948), Henry (1100), Bernard Cornwell (1944), and Eddie Redmayne (1982).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Ian Anderson ranks 79. Before him are Ian Curtis (1956), Don Airey (1948), Cozy Powell (1947), Ian Stewart (1938), Janick Gers (1957), and PJ Harvey (1969). After him are Robert Wyatt (1945), Mark Hollis (1955), Glenn Tipton (1947), Simon Phillips (1957), Zayn Malik (1993), and John McLaughlin (1942).

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