1893 - 1929
Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "Father of the Texas Blues". Due mainly to his high-pitched voice and the originality of his guitar playing, Jefferson's performances were distinctive. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blind Lemon Jefferson has received more than 835,277 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Blind Lemon Jefferson is the 798th most popular singer (down from 763rd in 2019), the 4,489th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,281st in 2019) and the 226th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 798 out of 3,528. Before him are Shoshana Damari, Pyotr Leshchenko, Jackie Wilson, Nick Kamen, Jetty Paerl, and Miliza Korjus. After him are Arik Einstein, Cheb Mami, Julie d'Aubigny, Andreas Vollenweider, MC Hammer, and Samira Said.
1923 - 2006
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 792
1898 - 1954
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 793
1934 - 1984
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 794
1962 - 2021
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 795
1921 - 2013
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 796
1905 - 1980
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 797
1893 - 1929
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 798
1939 - 2013
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 799
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 800
1670 - 1707
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 801
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 802
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 803
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 804
Among people born in 1893, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 147. Before him are Anthony Berkeley Cox, Georges Florovsky, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Gyula Breyer, Lucien Tesnière, and Edna Parker. After him are Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, J. G. Strijdom, Roland Jacobi, Ernst Grünfeld, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, and Aleksandr Gauk. Among people deceased in 1929, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 81. Before him are Paul Leni, Lillie Langtry, Charles Fox Parham, Charles F. Brush, Basil III of Constantinople, and Leonard Hobhouse. After him are Ernest Monis, Cornelis Lely, Heinrich Zille, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Gerhard Munthe, and Emilie Snethlage.
1893 - 1971
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 141
1893 - 1979
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 142
1893 - 1975
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 143
1893 - 1921
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 144
1893 - 1954
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 145
1893 - 2008
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 146
1893 - 1929
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 147
1893 - 1976
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 148
1893 - 1958
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 149
1893 - 1951
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 150
1893 - 1962
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 151
1893 - 1975
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 152
1893 - 1963
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 153
1885 - 1929
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 75
1853 - 1929
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 76
1873 - 1929
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 77
1849 - 1929
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 78
1846 - 1929
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 79
1864 - 1929
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 80
1893 - 1929
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 81
1846 - 1929
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 82
1854 - 1929
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 83
1858 - 1929
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 84
1842 - 1929
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 85
1849 - 1929
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 86
1868 - 1929
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 87
Among people born in United States, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 4,489 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Berryman (1948), Cecil Taylor (1929), Ray Dalio (1949), Beatrice Straight (1914), Dom DeLuise (1933), and Dee Wallace (1948). After him are Johnny Appleseed (1774), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Herb Ritts (1952), Esther Lederberg (1922), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), and J. J. Johnson (1924).
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 4,483
1929 - 2018
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 4,484
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 4,485
1914 - 2001
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 4,486
1933 - 2009
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 4,487
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,488
1893 - 1929
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,489
1774 - 1845
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,490
1943 - 1978
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,491
1952 - 2002
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,492
1922 - 2006
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,493
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,494
1924 - 2001
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 4,495
Among singers born in United States, Blind Lemon Jefferson ranks 226. Before him are Carl Wilson (1946), Billy Vaughn (1919), Leon Russell (1942), Joan Osborne (1962), Ronnie Van Zant (1948), and Jackie Wilson (1934). After him are MC Hammer (1962), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), Billy Paul (1934), Melanie Thornton (1967), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), and Eric Johnson (1954).
1946 - 1998
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 220
1919 - 1991
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 221
1942 - 2016
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 222
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 223
1948 - 1977
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 224
1934 - 1984
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 225
1893 - 1929
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 226
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 227
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 228
1934 - 2016
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 229
1967 - 2001
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 230
1935 - 1996
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 231
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 232