1972 - Today
Pierre Garand (born 26 June 1972), known by his stage name Garou (a diminutive of his last name "Garand"), is a Canadian singer and entertainer from Sherbrooke, Québec. He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris (playing Quasimodo in both the original French and English casts) and the No. 1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de notre enfance". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garou has received more than 45,143 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Garou is the 880th most popular singer (down from 851st in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Canada (down from 229th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Canadian Singer.
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Among singers, Garou ranks 880 out of 3,541. Before him are Toni Braxton, Blixa Bargeld, Burning Spear, Carl Wilson, Haykanoush Danielyan, and Anneke Grönloh. After him are Irmgard Seefried, Davorin Popović, Angela Gossow, Cat Power, Birthe Wilke, and Charli XCX.
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 874
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 875
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 876
1946 - 1998
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 877
1893 - 1958
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 878
1942 - 2018
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 879
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 880
1919 - 1988
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 881
1946 - 2001
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 882
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 883
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 884
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 885
1992 - Present
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 886
Among people born in 1972, Garou ranks 86. Before him are Samantha Smith, Sundar Pichai, Toto Wolff, Eli Roth, Chiara Mastroianni, and Rafał Trzaskowski. After him are Cat Power, Kate del Castillo, Hermann Maier, Paul Gray, Gulnara Karimova, and Bae Yong-joon.
1972 - 1985
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 80
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.07
Rank: 81
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 82
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 83
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 84
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 85
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 86
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 87
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 88
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 89
1972 - 2010
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 90
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 91
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 92
Among people born in Canada, Garou ranks 248 out of 1,130. Before him are James LaBrie (1963), Colleen Dewhurst (1924), John Diefenbaker (1895), Nia Vardalos (1962), Anne Hébert (1916), and Xavier Dolan (1989). After him are Phil Hartman (1948), William H. McNeill (1917), Terry Fox (1958), Cindy Breakspeare (1954), Natasha Henstridge (1974), and Billy Bishop (1894).
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 242
1924 - 1991
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 243
1895 - 1979
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 244
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 245
1916 - 2000
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 246
1989 - Present
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 247
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 248
1948 - 1998
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 249
1917 - 2016
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 250
1958 - 1981
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 251
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 252
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 253
1894 - 1956
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 254
Among singers born in Canada, Garou ranks 17. Before him are Alanis Morissette (1974), Jon Vickers (1926), Michael Bublé (1975), The Weeknd (1990), George London (1920), and James LaBrie (1963). After him are Peaches (1966), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Terry Jacks (1944), Feist (1976), Chad Kroeger (1974), and Bruno Pelletier (1962).
1974 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 11
1926 - 2015
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 12
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 13
1990 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 14
1920 - 1985
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 15
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 16
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 17
1966 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 18
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 19
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 20
1976 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 21
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 22
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 23