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Al Jolson

1886 - 1950

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Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson Yiddish: אַסאַ יואלסאָן; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer". Jolson was known for his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach" towards performing, as well as for popularizing many of the songs he sang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al Jolson has received more than 3,771,381 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Al Jolson is the 642nd most popular singer (down from 556th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 66th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Singer.

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  • 3.8M

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  • 52.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Al Jolson ranks 642 out of 3,528Before him are Martti Talvela, Sena Jurinac, Peppino di Capri, Big Mama Thornton, Frank Sinatra Jr., and Ian Dury. After him are Massiel, Vice Vukov, Rita Marley, Elena Obraztsova, Peter Frampton, and Gino Paoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Al Jolson ranks 131Before him are Kurt Hahn, Ferenc Münnich, Hitoshi Imamura, José Linhares, Itzhak Katzenelson, and Pierre Benoit. After him are Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, H.D., Ernst May, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Aloïse Corbaz, and Anandyn Amar. Among people deceased in 1950, Al Jolson ranks 84Before him are Edgar Lee Masters, Yi Kwang-su, Arturo Alessandri, Nikolai Luzin, Harold Laski, and Alma Karlin. After him are John C. Woods, Raymond Sommer, Ernst Wiechert, Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Vasily Gordov, and Edward Arthur Milne.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Al Jolson ranks 80 out of 287Before him are Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), Bruno Abakanowicz (1852), Maciej Sulkiewicz (1865), Yitzhak Arad (1926), Tomas Venclova (1937), and Rolandas Paksas (1956). After him are Joseph Klausner (1874), Yehuda Pen (1854), Antanas Sniečkus (1903), Klara Zamenhof (1863), Ingrida Šimonytė (1974), and Vydūnas (1868).

Among SINGERS In Lithuania

Among singers born in Lithuania, Al Jolson ranks 2Before him are Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930). After him are Andrius Mamontovas (1967), Andrius Pojavis (1983), Donny Montell (1987), Sasha Song (1983), Jurga Šeduikytė (1980), Vilija Matačiūnaitė (1986), Vaidas Baumila (1987), Jurijus Veklenko (1990), Aistė Smilgevičiūtė (1977), and Jeronimas Milius (1984).