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Bobbejaan Schoepen

1925 - 2010

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Bobbejaan Schoepen (a pseudonym of Modest Schoepen; 16 May 1925 – 17 May 2010) was a Flemish pioneer in Belgian pop music, vaudeville, and European country music. Schoepen was a versatile entertainer, entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, guitarist, comedian, actor, and professional whistler, as well as the founder and former director of the amusement park Bobbejaanland. His musical career flourished from 1948 until the first half of the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobbejaan Schoepen has received more than 88,771 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Bobbejaan Schoepen is the 838th most popular musician (down from 765th in 2019), the 412th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 391st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belgian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bobbejaan Schoepen ranks 838 out of 2,662. Before him are Jackson Browne, Arvīds Jansons, Yusef Lateef, Benny Carter, Holger Czukay, and Charly García. After him are Albert Ayler, Kerry King, John Mayer, Billy Sheehan, Gary Burton, and Al Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Bobbejaan Schoepen ranks 209. Before him are Lenny Bruce, Maureen Stapleton, Louis Nirenberg, John List, John Neville, and Philippe Jaccottet. After him are Otto Muehl, Rubem Fonseca, José Napoleón Duarte, Seymour Cray, Cathy Berberian, and Julian Beck. Among people deceased in 2010, Bobbejaan Schoepen ranks 163. Before him are Hans Ørberg, Girija Prasad Koirala, Magda Frank, Peter Steele, Pernell Roberts, and Luigi Poggi. After him are Juan Carlos González, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Hank Jones, Nicola Cabibbo, Ronald Neame, and Huang Hua.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Bobbejaan Schoepen ranks 412 out of 1,019. Before him are Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068), Radja Nainggolan (1988), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Joseph Lebeau (1794), Joseph Poelaert (1817), and Gustaaf Wappers (1803). After him are André Delvaux (1926), Michiel Sweerts (1618), Giaches de Wert (1535), Cécile de France (1975), Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823), and Sophie Wilmès (1975).

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Among MUSICIANS In Belgium

Among musicians born in Belgium, Bobbejaan Schoepen ranks 7. Before him are Django Reinhardt (1910), Toots Thielemans (1922), Arthur Grumiaux (1921), Brian Molko (1972), Sigiswald Kuijken (1944), and André Cluytens (1905). After him are Adrien-François Servais (1807), Francis Goya (1946), Arthur De Greef (1862), Gotye (1980), Lost Frequencies (1993), and Netsky (1989).

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