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Paul Kantner

1941 - 2016

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Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 – January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. He is best known as the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, and a secondary vocalist of Jefferson Airplane, a leading psychedelic rock band of the counterculture era. He continued these roles as a member of Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Airplane's successor band. Jefferson Airplane was formed in 1965 when Kantner met Marty Balin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Kantner is the 1,079th most popular musician (down from 921st in 2019), the 5,631st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,506th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Paul Kantner ranks 1,079 out of 3,175. Before him are Clem Burke, Peter Banks, Sophie Menter, Kid Ory, Moya Brennan, and Enrique Fernández Arbós. After him are Ignaz von Seyfried, Alex Van Halen, Ray Davies, Ole Beich, Max von Schillings, and Pino Daniele.

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Among people born in 1941, Paul Kantner ranks 323. Before him are Chieko Baisho, Nate Thurmond, Signe Toly Anderson, Rintaro, Ed Roberts, and Ryuichi Sugiyama. After him are Arie den Hartog, Laura Mulvey, Steve Cropper, Robert Keohane, Jorma Kinnunen, and Sean S. Cunningham. Among people deceased in 2016, Paul Kantner ranks 263. Before him are Michel Delpech, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Ernst Neizvestny, Pete Burns, Signe Toly Anderson, and Edmonde Charles-Roux. After him are Sharon Jones, Vladimir Zeldin, Jon Polito, Ioannis Grivas, Lupita Tovar, and Leonid Zhabotinsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Kantner ranks 5,631 out of 20,380. Before him are Ed Roberts (1941), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), James Edward Keeler (1857), JJ Redick (1984), Justin Theroux (1971), and Valerie Thomas (1943). After him are Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), Jim Rathmann (1928), K Callan (1936), Bobby Jones (1951), Sally Hemings (1773), and James J. Corbett (1866).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Paul Kantner ranks 372. Before him are Tony Visconti (1944), Lauryn Hill (1975), Michael Angelo Batio (1956), Amy Lee (1981), Clem Burke (1954), and Kid Ory (1886). After him are Steven Adler (1965), Ross the Boss (1954), Cindy Blackman Santana (1959), Maceo Parker (1943), Don Felder (1947), and Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829).

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