Musician

Elizabeth Cotten

American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter

1893 - 1987

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Elizabeth Cotten

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Elizabeth Cotten is the 1,800th most popular musician (down from 1,789th in 2024), the 9,527th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,031st in 2019) and the 685th most popular American Musician.

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53.53

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Historical Popularity Index

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509

Elizabeth Cotten is one of only 509 women among the 3,175 Musicians in Pantheon.

Jan 5

Elizabeth Cotten shares a January 5 birthday with Juan Carlos I of Spain, Hayao Miyazaki, and Umberto Eco.

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Among Musicians

Among musicians, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 1,800 out of 3,175. Before her are Joe Morello, Rex Brown, Peter Tork, Bart Berman, Vitamin C, and Yoko Shimomura. After her are Bob Brookmeyer, Tom Harrell, Simone Young, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Roger O'Donnell, and Janusz Olejniczak.

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HPI: 53.50
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 250. Before her are Frans Blom, Maja Berezowska, Walter Gordon, Norman Bel Geddes, Tashi Namgyal, and Cornelius Lanczos. After her are John Norton, Harlow Curtice, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, Betty Blythe, Katharine Cornell, and Aksel Berg. Among people deceased in 1987, Elizabeth Cotten ranks 227. Before her are József Kovács, William J. Casey, Bayard Rustin, George Mikes, Clementina de Jesus, and James Burnham. After her are Wim Lagendaal, Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Clare Boothe Luce, Pál Gábor, Arthur F. Burns, and Milt Kahl.

Others Born in 1893

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Frans Blom
EXPLORER
1893 - 1963
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 244
Maja Berezowska
PAINTER
1893 - 1978
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 245
Walter Gordon
PHYSICIST
1893 - 1939
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 246
Norman Bel Geddes
DESIGNER
1893 - 1958
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 247
Tashi Namgyal
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1963
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 248
Cornelius Lanczos
MATHEMATICIAN
1893 - 1974
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 249
Elizabeth Cotten
MUSICIAN
1893 - 1987
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 250
John Norton
ATHLETE
1893 - 1979
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 251
Harlow Curtice
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1962
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 252
Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek
JOURNALIST
1893 - 1964
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 253
Betty Blythe
ACTOR
1893 - 1972
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 254
Katharine Cornell
ACTOR
1893 - 1974
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 255
Aksel Berg
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1979
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 256