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Lars Ulrich

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Lars Ulrich ( ; Danish: [ˈlɑːs ˈulˀʁek]; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician who is the drummer and a founding member of American heavy metal band Metallica. Along with James Hetfield, Ulrich has songwriting credits on almost all of the band's songs, and the two of them are the only remaining original members of the band. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing drums. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Ulrich is the 286th most popular musician (down from 271st in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 135th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Musician.

Lars Ulrich is most famous for being the drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Lars Ulrich ranks 286 out of 3,175Before him are Peter Tosh, Roy Harper, Tansen, Paul Stanley, András Schiff, and Henryk Szeryng. After him are Jaco Pastorius, Émile Waldteufel, Eddie Van Halen, Bruno Mars, Bill Wyman, and Larry Mullen Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Lars Ulrich ranks 44Before him are Borut Pahor, Xuxa, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Mike Powell, Geert Wilders, and Yair Lapid. After him are Emmanuelle Béart, Elisabeth Shue, Til Schweiger, Hideo Kojima, Brigitte Nielsen, and Helen Hunt.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lars Ulrich ranks 146 out of 1,032Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891), Theophil Hansen (1813), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), and Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (1485). After him are Connie Nielsen (1965), Erik Bruhn (1928), Brigitte Nielsen (1963), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858), Morten Olsen (1949), and Adam Oehlenschläger (1779).

Among MUSICIANS In Denmark

Among musicians born in Denmark, Lars Ulrich ranks 2Before him are Victor Borge (1909). After him are Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Jacob Gade (1879), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Svend Asmussen (1916), Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), Kai Winding (1922), John Tchicai (1936), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), and Trentemøller (1972).