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Harry Chapin

1942 - 1981

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Harry Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Chapin has received more than 3,806,209 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Harry Chapin is the 2,011th most popular singer (down from 1,845th in 2019), the 10,778th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,025th in 2019) and the 527th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Harry Chapin ranks 2,011 out of 4,381. Before him are Maria Doyle Kennedy, B-Real, Thomas Allen, Nadezhda Kadysheva, Taisia Povaliy, and Jackson C. Frank. After him are Paul Harrington, Emma Marrone, Lena Philipsson, Millie Small, Sergey Lazarev, and Lewis Capaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Harry Chapin ranks 643. Before him are Seiji Aochi, Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi, Lyle Campbell, Mirja Lehtonen, Dennis Hastert, and Dave Cutler. After him are Richard D. Wolff, Karen Hantze Susman, Alan Rachins, Bobbie Gentry, Andrew Vachss, and Howard Jacobson. Among people deceased in 1981, Harry Chapin ranks 270. Before him are Eric Williams, Margaret Lindsay, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Louis Kuehn, Sam Jones, and Pierre Korb. After him are Yip Harburg, Kazimierz Kordylewski, Yefim Dzigan, Leopold Wohlrab, Vittorio Tamagnini, and Charles Barton.

Others Born in 1942

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Others Deceased in 1981

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Chapin ranks 10,778 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Thompson (1913), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Alden Sanborn (1899), Tracy Letts (1965), May Allison (1890), and Barbara Barrie (1931). After him are Giorgos Kaminis (1954), Roscoe Pound (1870), Katie Cassidy (1986), Adolphus Greely (1844), Pua Kealoha (1902), and Charles Avery (1873).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Harry Chapin ranks 527. Before him are Roy Clark (1933), Lloyd Price (1933), Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906), Ava Max (1994), B-Real (1970), and Jackson C. Frank (1943). After him are Rockwell (1964), AJ McLean (1978), Macklemore (1983), Sheb Wooley (1921), Bobbie Gentry (1942), and Slim Thug (1980).

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