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Tom Araya

1961 - Today

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Tomás Enrique Araya Díaz (Spanish: [ton aˈɾaʝa]; born June 6, 1961) is a Chilean and American musician, best known as the vocalist and bassist of the thrash metal band Slayer. He was ranked 58th by Hit Parader on their list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. Araya, along with Kerry King, are the only members who stayed in the band since its inception. Araya was employed as a respiratory therapist in the early 1980s and used his earnings to finance Slayer's debut album Show No Mercy (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Araya is the 755th most popular musician (down from 614th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Chile (down from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Chilean Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tom Araya ranks 755 out of 3,175. Before him are Max Cavalera, McCoy Tyner, Chrissie Hynde, Jack Sherman, Ahmad Jamal, and Giovanni Battista Guadagnini. After him are Danko Jones, Link Wray, Deadmau5, Kenny Clarke, Adrien-François Servais, and Klaus Tennstedt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Tom Araya ranks 129. Before him are Jonas Jonasson, Carey Lowell, David Graeber, Tite, Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Bernard Werber. After him are Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Dragiša Binić, Peter Machajdík, The Edge, Virginia Madsen, and Christopher Meloni.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Tom Araya ranks 47 out of 321. Before him are Orlando Letelier (1932), Marcelo Salas (1974), Laura Vicuña (1891), Alexis Sánchez (1988), Juan Ignacio Molina (1740), and José Donoso (1924). After him are Patricio Guzmán (1941), Sophia Hayden (1868), Lucía Hiriart (1923), Claudio Bravo (1983), Vicar (1934), and Vicente Huidobro (1893).

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Among MUSICIANS In Chile

Among musicians born in Chile, Tom Araya ranks 3. Before him are Claudio Arrau (1903), and Violeta Parra (1917).

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