1868 - 1944
Florence Foster Jenkins (born Narcissa Florence Foster; July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was an American socialite and amateur soprano who was known, and mocked, for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability. Stephen Pile ranked her "the world's worst opera singer ... No one, before or since, has succeeded in liberating themselves quite so completely from the shackles of musical notation."Because of her technical incompetence, she became a prominent musical cult figure in New York City during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence Foster Jenkins has received more than 6,740,325 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Florence Foster Jenkins is the 72nd most popular singer (down from 66th in 2019), the 542nd most popular biography from United States (down from 420th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Singer.
Florence Foster Jenkins was a New York heiress who became famous for her lack of musical talent. She was known for singing songs with a terrible voice to audiences who were too polite to tell her she was terrible.
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Among singers, Florence Foster Jenkins ranks 72 out of 3,541. Before her are George Michael, 50 Cent, Anna Magdalena Bach, Ian Gillan, Billie Holiday, and Johnny Hallyday. After her are Karel Gott, Bonnie Tyler, Fairuz, Miriam Makeba, Amália Rodrigues, and Steven Tyler.
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 66
1975 - Present
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 67
1701 - 1760
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 69
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 70
1943 - 2017
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 71
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 72
1939 - 2019
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 73
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 74
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 75
1932 - 2008
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 76
1920 - 1999
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 77
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 78
Among people born in 1868, Florence Foster Jenkins ranks 17. Before her are Gertrude Bell, Arnold Sommerfeld, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Emanuel Lasker, Peter Behrens, and Robert Falcon Scott. After her are Paul Claudel, Fuad I of Egypt, Scott Joplin, Gaston Leroux, Gustav Meyrink, and Edmond Rostand. Among people deceased in 1944, Florence Foster Jenkins ranks 28. Before her are Galeazzo Ciano, Charles Glover Barkla, Ernst Thälmann, Arthur Eddington, Hilma af Klint, and Milena Jesenská. After her are Friedrich Olbricht, Louis Renault, Aristide Maillol, Wang Jingwei, Glenn Miller, and Henning von Tresckow.
1868 - 1926
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 11
1868 - 1951
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 12
1868 - 1924
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 13
1868 - 1941
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 14
1868 - 1940
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 15
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 16
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 17
1868 - 1955
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 18
1868 - 1936
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 19
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 20
1868 - 1927
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 21
1868 - 1932
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 22
1868 - 1918
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 23
1903 - 1944
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 22
1877 - 1944
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 23
1886 - 1944
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 24
1882 - 1944
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 25
1862 - 1944
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 26
1896 - 1944
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 27
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 28
1888 - 1944
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 29
1877 - 1944
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 30
1861 - 1944
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 31
1883 - 1944
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 32
1904 - 1944
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 33
1901 - 1944
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 34
Among people born in United States, Florence Foster Jenkins ranks 542 out of 15,968. Before her are Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Howard Gardner (1943), Ed Harris (1950), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Bill de Blasio (1961), and Ryan O'Neal (1941). After her are Danny Trejo (1944), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Buckminster Fuller (1895), Romina Power (1951), Kevin Spacey (1959), and Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839).
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 536
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 537
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 538
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 539
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 540
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 541
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 542
1944 - Present
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 543
1867 - 1961
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 544
1895 - 1983
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 545
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 546
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 547
1839 - 1903
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 548
Among singers born in United States, Florence Foster Jenkins ranks 32. Before her are Little Richard (1932), Jennifer Lopez (1969), Glen Campbell (1936), The Notorious B.I.G. (1972), 50 Cent (1975), and Billie Holiday (1915). After her are Steven Tyler (1948), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), Prince (1958), Dolly Parton (1946), and Gwen Stefani (1969).
1932 - 2020
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 26
1969 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 27
1936 - 2017
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 28
1972 - 1997
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 29
1975 - Present
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 30
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 31
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 32
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 33
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 34
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 35
1958 - 2016
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 36
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 37
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 38