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Ralf Hütter

1946 - Today

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Ralf Hütter (born 20 August 1946) is a German musician and composer best known as the lead singer and keyboardist of Kraftwerk, which he founded with Florian Schneider in 1970, and became the only consistent member of the band (although he briefly left the band for several months in 1971), and the only one to have appeared on every single one of the band's albums. On 12 May 2021, Kraftwerk was announced as one of the inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Ralf Hütter is the 436th most popular musician (up from 453rd in 2024), the 1,922nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,048th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ralf Hütter ranks 436 out of 3,175. Before him are Charles Mingus, Barış Manço, Clive Burr, Ginger Baker, Ornette Coleman, and John Entwistle. After him are Bill Ward, Glenn Frey, Albert King, Guido Cantelli, Simon Le Bon, and Floyd Westerman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ralf Hütter ranks 188. Before him are Alun Armstrong, Malcolm McLaren, Tina Aumont, Bernd Hölzenbein, Rebiya Kadeer, and Grigory Margulis. After him are Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Héctor Babenco, Mario Zenari, Ahmed Faras, Mel Martínez, and Krister Henriksson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ralf Hütter ranks 1,922 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1489), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1588), Judith of Swabia (1054), and Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527). After him are Karl Friedrich Mohr (1806), Princess Louise Amelie of Baden (1811), Johannes Oecolampadius (1482), Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), and Fritz Thyssen (1873).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Ralf Hütter ranks 20. Before him are Michael Schenker (1955), Richard Z. Kruspe (1967), Tré Cool (1972), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806), and Matthias Jabs (1955). After him are Theo Jörgensmann (1948), Wolfgang Sawallisch (1923), Menahem Pressler (1923), Paul Landers (1964), Anne-Sophie Mutter (1963), and Kai Hansen (1963).

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