1886 - 1950
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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Among singers, Al Jolson ranks 642 out of 3,528. Before 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.
1935 - 1989
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 636
1921 - 2011
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 637
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 638
1926 - 1984
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 639
1944 - 2016
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 640
1942 - 2000
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 641
1886 - 1950
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 642
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 643
1936 - 2008
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 644
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 645
1939 - 2015
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 646
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 647
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 648
Among people born in 1886, Al Jolson ranks 131. Before 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 84. Before 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.
1886 - 1974
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 125
1886 - 1967
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 126
1886 - 1968
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 127
1886 - 1957
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 128
1886 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 129
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 130
1886 - 1950
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 131
1886 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 132
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 133
1886 - 1970
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 134
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 135
1886 - 1964
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 136
1886 - 1941
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 137
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 78
1892 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 79
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 80
1883 - 1950
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 81
1893 - 1950
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 82
1889 - 1950
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 83
1886 - 1950
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 84
1911 - 1950
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 85
1906 - 1950
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 86
1887 - 1950
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 87
1863 - 1950
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 88
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 89
1896 - 1950
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 90
Among people born in Lithuania, Al Jolson ranks 80 out of 287. Before 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).
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 74
1852 - 1900
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 75
1865 - 1920
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 76
1926 - 2021
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 77
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 78
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 79
1886 - 1950
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 80
1874 - 1958
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 81
1854 - 1937
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 82
1903 - 1974
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 83
1863 - 1924
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 84
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 85
1868 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 86
Among singers born in Lithuania, Al Jolson ranks 2. Before 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).
1930 - 2021
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 1
1886 - 1950
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 3
1983 - Present
HPI: 34.07
Rank: 4
1987 - Present
HPI: 31.92
Rank: 5
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.42
Rank: 6
1980 - Present
HPI: 28.97
Rank: 7
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.71
Rank: 8
1987 - Present
HPI: 28.66
Rank: 9
1990 - Present
HPI: 28.04
Rank: 10
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.02
Rank: 11
1984 - Present
HPI: 27.09
Rank: 12