🤘 Most Famous People in Metal
The most famous names in Metal worldwide, ranked by the global fame score.
As of September 2, 2026, Eric Clapton leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Metal, ahead of Ozzy Osbourne and XXXTentacion.
Powered by the Global Fame Engine v5.62, which combines multiple worldwide public signals and discloses evidence coverage for each People ranking. Updated daily.
Jon Bon Jovi
348.4K Wikipedia views · 516 news articles
Alice Cooper
255.5K Wikipedia views · 395 news articles
Slash
241.6K Wikipedia views · 81 news articles
Robert Plant
288.3K Wikipedia views · 323 news articles
James Hetfield
193.7K Wikipedia views · 240 news articles
Dave Grohl
299.5K Wikipedia views · 536 news articles
Steven Tyler
245.5K Wikipedia views · 308 news articles
Lars Ulrich
128.8K Wikipedia views · 81 news articles
Axl Rose
254.4K Wikipedia views · 553 news articles
Tony Iommi
105.4K Wikipedia views · 180 news articles
Kirk Hammett
102.8K Wikipedia views · 45 news articles
Tom Morello
165.5K Wikipedia views · 99 news articles
Till Lindemann
75.2K Wikipedia views · 6+ news articles
Angus Young
209.1K Wikipedia views · 144 news articles
Yngwie Malmsteen
61.7K Wikipedia views · 16+ news articles
Geezer Butler
54.8K Wikipedia views · 174 news articles
Flea
194.1K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Tarja Turunen
34.2K Wikipedia views · 9+ news articles
Joe Perry
88.9K Wikipedia views · 137 news articles
Ronnie James Dio
141.7K Wikipedia views · 56 news articles
Izzy Stradlin
58.9K Wikipedia views · 7 news articles
Eddie Van Halen
222.2K Wikipedia views · 542 news articles
Duff McKagan
89.8K Wikipedia views · 124 news articles
Bill Ward
43.5K Wikipedia views · 62 news articles
Jason Newsted
97.9K Wikipedia views · 59 news articles
Brian Johnson
178.9K Wikipedia views · 381 news articles
Daron Malakian
86.5K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Fred Durst
148.8K Wikipedia views · 72 news articles
Dave Navarro
115K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Anette Olzon
17.4K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Corey Taylor
219.7K Wikipedia views · 151 news articles
Michael Schenker
33.7K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles
Shavo Odadjian
58K Wikipedia views · 7+ news articles
Steven Adler
53.6K Wikipedia views · 79 news articles
Matt Sorum
34K Wikipedia views · 150 news articles
Alex Lifeson
93.9K Wikipedia views · 725 news articles
Bon Scott
220.7K Wikipedia views · 44 news articles
Wes Borland
86.5K Wikipedia views · 8+ news articles
Alissa White-Gluz
57.3K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Dave Mustaine
118.7K Wikipedia views · 111 news articles
Klaus Meine
44.8K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Max Cavalera
53.5K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
John Dolmayan
74.9K Wikipedia views · 12+ news articles
Uli Jon Roth
20K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Rudolf Schenker
31.1K Wikipedia views · 57 news articles
Devin Townsend
50.8K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Chris Fehn
80.4K Wikipedia views · 103 news articles
Jim Root
76K Wikipedia views · 172 news articles
Rick Rubin
206.9K Wikipedia views · 377 news articles
John Frusciante
149.8K Wikipedia views · 34 news articles
Brian Welch
42.7K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Josh Homme
247.3K Wikipedia views · 194 news articles
Chad Smith
127.3K Wikipedia views · 350 news articles
Mikkey Dee
31.7K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Sid Wilson
368.1K Wikipedia views · 474 news articles
Cliff Burton
96.9K Wikipedia views · 45 news articles
Joey Jordison
174.9K Wikipedia views · 91 news articles
Phil Rudd
76K Wikipedia views · 116 news articles
John Norum
11.3K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Marco Hietala
13K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Tuomas Holopainen
11.9K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Tom Hamilton
16K Wikipedia views · 31 news articles
Robert Trujillo
116.3K Wikipedia views · 56 news articles
Heino
8.4K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Tom Araya
28.3K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Jack Bruce
63.2K Wikipedia views · 62 news articles