DANCER
Bobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
Bobby Farrell
Roberto Alfonso Farrell (6 October 1949 – 30 December 2010) was an Aruban dancer and singer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Farrell has received more than 4,207,090 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Bobby Farrell is the 9th most popular dancer (up from 14th in 2019), the most popular biography from Aruba and the most popular Aruban Dancer.
Bobby Farrell is most famous for being the lead singer of the rock band Boney M.
Memorability Metrics
4.2M
Page Views (PV)
66.84
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
8.18
Effective Languages (L*)
2.81
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Bobby Farrells by language
Among DANCERS
Among dancers, Bobby Farrell ranks 9 out of 76. Before him are Josephine Baker, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Pina Bausch, and Marius Petipa. After him are Margot Fonteyn, Maurice Béjart, Maya Plisetskaya, Marie Taglioni, Martha Graham, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Most Popular Dancers in Wikipedia
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Josephine Baker
1906 - 1975
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 3
Rudolf Nureyev
1938 - 1993
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 4
Anna Pavlova
1881 - 1931
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 5
Vaslav Nijinsky
1889 - 1950
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 6
Pina Bausch
1940 - 2009
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 7
Marius Petipa
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 8
Bobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 9
Margot Fonteyn
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 10
Maurice Béjart
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 11
Maya Plisetskaya
1925 - 2015
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 12
Marie Taglioni
1804 - 1884
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 13
Martha Graham
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 14
Mikhail Baryshnikov
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1949, Bobby Farrell ranks 28. Before him are Caitlyn Jenner, André Rieu, Jessica Lange, Slavoj Žižek, Sebastián Piñera, and Thomas Sankara. After him are Carlos the Jackal, Patrick Süskind, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Robin Gibb, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Among people deceased in 2010, Bobby Farrell ranks 14. Before him are Éric Rohmer, Benoit Mandelbrot, Zecharia Sitchin, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Claude Chabrol, and Dennis Hopper. After him are Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Gennady Yanayev, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Maurice Allais, and Georges Charpak.
Others Born in 1949
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Caitlyn Jenner
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 22
André Rieu
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 23
Jessica Lange
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 24
Slavoj Žižek
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 25
Sebastián Piñera
1949 - 2024
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 26
Thomas Sankara
1949 - 1987
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 27
Bobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 28
Carlos the Jackal
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 29
Patrick Süskind
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 30
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 31
Robin Gibb
1949 - 2012
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 32
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 33
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 34
Others Deceased in 2010
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Éric Rohmer
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 8
Benoit Mandelbrot
1924 - 2010
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 9
Zecharia Sitchin
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 10
Juan Antonio Samaranch
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 11
Claude Chabrol
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 12
Dennis Hopper
1936 - 2010
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 13
Bobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 14
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
1927 - 2010
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 15
Gennady Yanayev
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 16
Ali Hassan al-Majid
1941 - 2010
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 18
Maurice Allais
1911 - 2010
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
Georges Charpak
1924 - 2010
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 20
In Aruba
Among people born in Aruba, Bobby Farrell ranks 1 out of 4. After him are Maurice Bishop (1943), Dave Benton (1951), and Xander Bogaerts (1992).
Others born in Aruba
Go to all RankingsBobby Farrell
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 1
Maurice Bishop
1943 - 1983
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 2
Dave Benton
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 3
Xander Bogaerts
1992 - Present
HPI: 23.77
Rank: 4
Among DANCERS In Aruba
Among dancers born in Aruba, Bobby Farrell ranks 1.
