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Tom Petty

1950 - 2017

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Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader and frontman of the rock bands Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch and a member of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. He was also a successful solo artist. Over the course of his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Petty is the 46th most popular musician (up from 411th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,272nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Tom Petty ranks 46 out of 3,175. Before him are Benny Andersson, Scatman John, Brian Wilson, David Gilmour, Ronnie James Dio, and Björn Ulvaeus. After him are Roger Waters, Bill Haley, Maria Anna Mozart, Marilyn Manson, Carlos Santana, and Iggy Pop.

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Among people born in 1950, Tom Petty ranks 9. Before him are Viktor Yanukovych, Zaha Hadid, Agnetha Fältskog, Georg Bednorz, Sergey Lavrov, and Abdullah Gül. After him are Jay Leno, Vicente del Bosque, Sahle-Work Zewde, Stevie Wonder, Jim Mattis, and Goran Bregović. Among people deceased in 2017, Tom Petty ranks 10. Before him are Gene Cernan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, Roger Moore, and Bill Paxton. After him are Raymond Kopa, Jalal Talabani, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Salvatore Riina, and Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Petty ranks 343 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Forster (1941), Herman Melville (1819), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Mel Gibson (1956), Henry Clay (1777), and John Cage (1912). After him are Zachary Taylor (1784), John Howard Northrop (1891), Clinton Davisson (1881), Golden State Killer (1945), Jay Leno (1950), and Allen Dulles (1893).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Tom Petty ranks 12. Before him are Jimi Hendrix (1942), Joe Jackson (1928), Ray Charles (1930), Scatman John (1942), Brian Wilson (1942), and Ronnie James Dio (1942). After him are Bill Haley (1925), Marilyn Manson (1969), Iggy Pop (1947), Frank Zappa (1940), Bruce Springsteen (1949), and J. J. Cale (1938).

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