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Pete Willis

1960 - Today

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Peter Andrew Willis (born 16 February 1960) is a retired English guitarist, best known as a founding member of the hard rock band Def Leppard. He was with Def Leppard from 1977 to 1982, when he was fired from the band and replaced by Phil Collen. Willis’s firing was due to drinking problems. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Pete Willis is the 2,720th most popular musician (down from 2,570th in 2024), the 6,702nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,318th in 2019) and the 433rd most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pete Willis ranks 2,720 out of 3,175. Before her are Keith Green, Apparat, L.A. Reid, Mark Kelly, Ihsahn, and Jari Mäenpää. After her are Dr. Luke, Lisa Miskovsky, Oliver Lake, Adrian Erlandsson, Lucky Peterson, and Pabllo Vittar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Pete Willis ranks 736. Before her are Andrea Thompson, Sean Yates, Vincent Peillon, Julius Korir, Suzanne Simard, and Shinji Kobayashi. After her are José Antonio Alonso, Gurinder Chadha, David Bateson, Marty Jannetty, William A. Dembski, and Bob Mould.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Pete Willis ranks 6,704 out of 8,785. Before her are Finn Jones (1988), Paul Blackthorne (1969), Andrea Leadsom (1963), Charley Boorman (1966), Doug Livingstone (1898), and Andrew Airlie (1961). After her are Jimmy McIlroy (1931), Stan Anderson (1933), Lizzie Deignan (1988), Mark Lawrenson (1957), Simon Kinberg (1973), and Lucy Griffiths (1986).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Pete Willis ranks 433. Before her are Tim Rice-Oxley (1976), Jacob Collier (1994), Femi Kuti (1962), Tom Robinson (1950), Panjabi MC (1973), and Martin Carthy (1941). After her are Vernon Reid (1958), Pete Trewavas (1959), Jeff Walker (1969), Lorne Balfe (1976), Ronny Jordan (1962), and Nigel Godrich (1971).

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