SINGER

Alma Cogan

1932 - 1966

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Alma Angela Cohen Cogan (19 May 1932 – 26 October 1966) was an English singer of traditional pop in the 1950s and early 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alma Cogan has received more than 876,320 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alma Cogan is the 1,461st most popular singer (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 3,921st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,844th in 2019) and the 158th most popular British Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alma Cogan ranks 1,461 out of 4,381Before her are Joe Arroyo, Mel B, Shahram Nazeri, Ray Wilson, Yevgeny Nesterenko, and Marcella Bella. After her are Arlo Guthrie, Lil Peep, Edmundo Ros, Errol Brown, David Alexandre Winter, and Jello Biafra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Alma Cogan ranks 372Before her are Richard Dawson, Margarita Xhepa, Fazu Aliyeva, Ray Reardon, Luís Vinício, and Edward O. Thorp. After her are Barbara Loden, István Kausz, Gavril Dejeu, Rokurō Naya, Ben Bova, and René Bliard. Among people deceased in 1966, Alma Cogan ranks 176Before her are Wallace Ford, Bernard Schmetz, Paula Strasberg, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, and Verna Felton. After her are Avtandil Koridze, Áron Tamási, Jakub Szynkiewicz, Zoltán Ozoray Schenker, Giorgi Leonidze, and Bill Carr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alma Cogan ranks 3,921 out of 8,785Before her are Ray Wilson (1968), Rebecca Hall (1982), Alexander Burnes (1805), Jackie Milburn (1924), Adrian Rawlins (1958), and Edwin Long (1829). After her are Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015), Mary Delany (1700), Bob Shaw (1931), Arthur Berry (1888), George Crabbe (1754), and Reginald Wingate (1861).

Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Alma Cogan ranks 158Before her are Phil Mogg (1948), Jim Kerr (1959), Curt Smith (1961), Mark Owen (1972), Mel B (1975), and Ray Wilson (1968). After her are Lisa Stansfield (1966), Mary Garden (1874), M.I.A. (1975), Ewan MacColl (1915), Acker Bilk (1929), and Tina Charles (1954).