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Art Garfunkel

1941 - Today

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Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainted with Simon through an elementary school play, a production of Alice in Wonderland. Their combined presence in music began in the 1950s, and throughout the 1960s the duo of Simon & Garfunkel achieved great chart success with tracks such as "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Art Garfunkel has received more than 9,366,599 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Art Garfunkel is the 102nd most popular singer (down from 90th in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from United States (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Singer.

Art Garfunkel is most famous for being one half of the singing duo Simon and Garfunkel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Art Garfunkel ranks 102 out of 4,381. Before him are Dieter Bohlen, Glen Campbell, Robert Plant, Enya, Renata Tebaldi, and Enrique Iglesias. After him are Renata Scotto, Robin Gibb, Gilbert Bécaud, Yma Sumac, Jenny Lind, and Anna Netrebko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Art Garfunkel ranks 47. Before him are Dennis Ritchie, Michael D. Higgins, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Bobby Moore, Gheorghe Zamfir, and Wolfgang Petersen. After him are Princess Muna al-Hussein, Nona Gaprindashvili, Hage Geingob, Riccardo Muti, Ivan Gašparovič, and Abdullah Yusuf Azzam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Art Garfunkel ranks 601 out of 20,380. Before him are Ellen Burstyn (1932), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Jack Kilby (1923), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), and Jim Jarmusch (1953). After him are Goldie Hawn (1945), Ellen G. White (1827), Ice-T (1958), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Theodore Dreiser (1871), and Telly Savalas (1922).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Art Garfunkel ranks 41. Before him are Donna Summer (1948), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Steven Tyler (1948), Harry Belafonte (1927), Roy Orbison (1936), and Glen Campbell (1936). After him are Ariana Grande (1993), Dolly Parton (1946), Laura Branigan (1952), Kenny Rogers (1938), Marvin Gaye (1939), and Nancy Sinatra (1940).

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