SINGER

Elvis Presley

1935 - 1977

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Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elvis Presley has received more than 80,157,455 page views. His biography is available in 177 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 167 in 2019). Elvis Presley is the most popular singer, the 26th most popular biography from United States (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular American Singer.

Elvis Presley is most famous for being a singer, actor, and musician. He was born in 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi and died in 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 80M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 82.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 177

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elvis Presley ranks 1 out of 4,381After him are Édith Piaf, Mick Jagger, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Maria Callas, Cher, Luciano Pavarotti, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Toto Cutugno, Charles Aznavour, and Tina Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Elvis Presley ranks 2Before him is Alain Delon. After him are Mahmoud Abbas, Luciano Pavarotti, 14th Dalai Lama, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Woody Allen, José Mujica, Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, Kenzaburō Ōe, Donald Sutherland, and Françoise Sagan. Among people deceased in 1977, Elvis Presley ranks 2Before him is Charlie Chaplin. After him are Maria Callas, Vladimir Nabokov, Wernher von Braun, Anthony Eden, Stefania Turkewich, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Ludwig Erhard, René Goscinny, Roberto Rossellini, and Jacques Prévert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elvis Presley ranks 26 out of 20,380Before him are James K. Polk (1795), Malcolm X (1925), Bruce Lee (1940), Joe Biden (1942), Grace Kelly (1929), and Franklin Pierce (1804). After him are Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), John F. Kennedy (1917), Neil Armstrong (1930), Benjamin Franklin (1706), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), and Ronald Reagan (1911).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Elvis Presley ranks 1After him are Aretha Franklin (1942), Janis Joplin (1943), Maria Callas (1923), Cher (1946), Tina Turner (1939), Frank Sinatra (1915), Jim Morrison (1943), Joan Baez (1941), Tupac Shakur (1971), Patti Smith (1946), and Whitney Houston (1963).