1927 - Today
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, activist, and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars, as he popularised the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Belafonte has received more than 6,843,932 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Harry Belafonte is the 106th most popular singer (down from 90th in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from United States (down from 581st in 2019) and the 44th 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 106 out of 3,541. Before him are Roy Orbison, Rihanna, Robin Gibb, John Lee Hooker, Alla Pugacheva, and Françoise Hardy. After him are Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Klaus Meine, Gloria Gaynor, Georges Moustaki, and Teresa Teng.
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 100
1988 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 101
1949 - 2012
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 102
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 103
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 104
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 105
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 106
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 107
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 108
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 109
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 110
1934 - 2013
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 111
1953 - 1995
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 112
Among people born in 1927, Harry Belafonte ranks 27. Before him are Mary Higgins Clark, Niklas Luhmann, Maurice Béjart, Margaret Keane, Robert Ludlum, and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium. After him are Martin Lewis Perl, Don Shirley, Juliette Gréco, Emmanuelle Riva, Angelo Sodano, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg.
1927 - 2020
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 21
1927 - 1998
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 22
1927 - 2007
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 23
1927 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 24
1927 - 2001
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 25
1927 - 2005
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 26
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 27
1927 - 2014
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 28
1927 - 2013
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 29
1927 - 2020
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 30
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 31
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 32
1927 - 2010
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Harry Belafonte ranks 672 out of 15,968. Before him are Hattie McDaniel (1893), Margaret Hamilton (1936), Wyatt Earp (1848), Alice Cooper (1948), Hulk Hogan (1953), and Thomas Harris (1940). After him are L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Jason Robards (1922), Donald Knuth (1938), Fred Trump (1905), Joseph McCarthy (1908), and Thorstein Veblen (1857).
1893 - 1952
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 666
1936 - Present
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 667
1848 - 1929
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 668
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 669
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 670
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 671
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 672
1911 - 1986
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 673
1922 - 2000
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 674
1938 - Present
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 675
1905 - 1999
HPI: 72.88
Rank: 676
1908 - 1957
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 677
1857 - 1929
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 678
Among singers born in United States, Harry Belafonte ranks 44. Before him are Gwen Stefani (1969), Kenny Rogers (1938), Diana Ross (1944), Donna Summer (1948), Roy Orbison (1936), and John Lee Hooker (1917). After him are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Kris Kristofferson (1936), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), Billy Joel (1949), Ben E. King (1938), and Suzi Quatro (1950).
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 38
1938 - 2020
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 40
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 41
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 42
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 43
1927 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 44
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 45
1936 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 46
1962 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 47
1949 - Present
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 48
1938 - 2015
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 50