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Bessie Smith

1894 - 1937

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Bessie Smith

Her biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Bessie Smith is the 233rd most popular singer (up from 246th in 2024), the 1,633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,488th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Singer.

Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer who is most famous for her song "Downhearted Blues."

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Among Singers

Among singers, Bessie Smith ranks 233 out of 4,381. Before her are Mario Del Monaco, Edita Gruberová, Lil Wayne, Chris Cornell, Loreen, and Zucchero Fornaciari. After her are Gloria Gaynor, Milva, Engelbert Humperdinck, Afric Simone, Lepa Brena, and Viktor Tsoi.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

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Mario Del Monaco
1915 - 1982
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 227
Edita Gruberová
1946 - 2021
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 228
Lil Wayne
1982 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 229
Chris Cornell
1964 - 2017
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 230
Loreen
1983 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 231
Zucchero Fornaciari
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 232
Bessie Smith
1894 - 1937
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 233
Gloria Gaynor
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 234
Milva
1939 - 2021
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 235
Engelbert Humperdinck
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 236
Afric Simone
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 237
Lepa Brena
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 238
Viktor Tsoi
1962 - 1990
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 239

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Bessie Smith ranks 51. Before her are Sergey Ilyushin, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Norman Rockwell, Paul Blobel, and Dimitri Tiomkin. After her are Leo Kanner, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Anton Mussert, Percy Spencer, Ernst Lindemann, and Aino Aalto. Among people deceased in 1937, Bessie Smith ranks 40. Before her are Emilio Mola, Takeo Wakabayashi, Edith Wharton, Pavel Florensky, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. After her are Louis Vierne, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Yeghishe Charents, Georgy Pyatakov, Diana Abgar, and Walter Simons.

Others Born in 1894

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Sergey Ilyushin
ENGINEER
1894 - 1977
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 45
Ásgeir Ásgeirsson
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 46
Kōnosuke Matsushita
INVENTOR
1894 - 1989
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 47
Norman Rockwell
PAINTER
1894 - 1978
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 48
Paul Blobel
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1951
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 49
Dimitri Tiomkin
COMPOSER
1894 - 1979
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 50
Bessie Smith
SINGER
1894 - 1937
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 51
Leo Kanner
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 52
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1945
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 53
Anton Mussert
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1946
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 54
Percy Spencer
INVENTOR
1894 - 1970
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 55
Ernst Lindemann
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1894 - 1941
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 56
Aino Aalto
ARCHITECT
1894 - 1949
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 57

Others Deceased in 1937

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Emilio Mola
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1937
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 34
Takeo Wakabayashi
SOCCER PLAYER
1907 - 1937
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 35
Edith Wharton
WRITER
1862 - 1937
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 36
Pavel Florensky
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1937
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 37
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1937
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 38
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
WRITER
1868 - 1937
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 39
Bessie Smith
SINGER
1894 - 1937
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 40
Louis Vierne
MUSICIAN
1870 - 1937
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 41
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1937
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 42
Yeghishe Charents
WRITER
1897 - 1937
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 43
Georgy Pyatakov
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1937
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 44
Diana Abgar
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1937
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 45
Walter Simons
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1937
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 46