1927 - 2023
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Belafonte has received more than 10,893,272 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Harry Belafonte is the 117th most popular singer (down from 106th in 2019), the 764th most popular biography from United States (down from 672nd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Singer.
Harry Belafonte is most famous for being a singer, an actor, and a social activist.
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Among singers, Harry Belafonte ranks 117 out of 3,528. Before him are Renata Tebaldi, Dolly Parton, Domenico Modugno, Marvin Gaye, Annie Lennox, and Carmen Miranda. After him are Bryan Adams, Maria Malibran, Eric Burdon, Sylvie Vartan, Peter Gabriel, and Tom Jones.
1922 - 2004
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 111
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 112
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 113
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 114
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 115
1909 - 1955
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 116
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 117
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 118
1808 - 1836
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 119
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 120
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 121
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 122
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 123
Among people born in 1927, Harry Belafonte ranks 33. Before him are Martin Lewis Perl, Don Shirley, Robert Ludlum, Hubert de Givenchy, Robert Hossein, and Manfred Eigen. After him are Emmanuelle Riva, Angelo Sodano, Mary Higgins Clark, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, K. Alex Müller, and Hugo Pratt. Among people deceased in 2023, Harry Belafonte ranks 27. Before him are Paco Rabanne, Helmut Berger, Li Keqiang, Carlos Saura, Raquel Welch, and Ryan O'Neal. After him are Robert Solow, Alan Arkin, Robert Lucas Jr., Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ferid Murad, and Jacques Delors.
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 27
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 28
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 29
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 30
1927 - 2020
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 31
1927 - 2019
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 32
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 33
1927 - 2017
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 34
1927 - 2022
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 35
1927 - 2020
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 36
1927 - 1988
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 37
1927 - 2023
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 38
1927 - 1995
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 39
1934 - 2023
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 21
1944 - 2023
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 22
1955 - 2023
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 23
1932 - 2023
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 24
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 25
1941 - 2023
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 26
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 27
1924 - 2023
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 28
1934 - 2023
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 29
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 30
1937 - 2023
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 31
1936 - 2023
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 32
1925 - 2023
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Harry Belafonte ranks 764 out of 18,182. Before him are Matthew McConaughey (1969), Larry Ellison (1944), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Bill Russell (1934), and John Cassavetes (1929). After him are Willard Libby (1908), Anne Baxter (1923), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), Kamala Harris (1964), James B. Sumner (1887), and Lana Turner (1921).
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 758
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 759
1938 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 760
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 761
1934 - 2022
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 762
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 763
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 764
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 765
1923 - 1985
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 766
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 767
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 768
1887 - 1955
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 769
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 770
Among singers born in United States, Harry Belafonte ranks 43. Before him are Donna Summer (1948), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), Roy Orbison (1936), Dolly Parton (1946), and Marvin Gaye (1939). After him are Jon Bon Jovi (1962), Britney Spears (1981), John Lee Hooker (1917), Kris Kristofferson (1936), Little Richard (1932), and Al Jarreau (1940).
1948 - 2012
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 37
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 38
1903 - 1977
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 39
1936 - 1988
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 40
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 42
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 43
1962 - Present
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 44
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 45
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 46
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 47
1932 - 2020
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 48
1940 - 2017
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 49