1942 - 1981
Harry Forster Chapin ( CHAY-pin; 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 3,595,539 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Harry Chapin is the 1,851st most popular singer (up from 1,893rd in 2019), the 10,048th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,454th in 2019) and the 512th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Harry Chapin ranks 1,851 out of 3,528. Before him are Marta Jandová, Roberta Peters, Ewan MacColl, Kim Junsu, Roy Acuff, and Jon Nödtveidt. After him are Cho Kyu-hyun, Paweł Kukiz, Macklemore, B-Real, Seo Kang-joon, and DJ Ötzi.
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 1,845
1930 - 2017
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 1,846
1915 - 1989
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 1,847
1986 - Present
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 1,848
1903 - 1992
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 1,849
1975 - 2006
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 1,850
1942 - 1981
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 1,851
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 1,852
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 1,853
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 1,854
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 1,855
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 1,856
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 1,857
Among people born in 1942, Harry Chapin ranks 571. Before him are Eugène Camara, Lyle Campbell, Sila María Calderón, Munyoro Nyamau, Bobbie Gentry, and Rubén Marcos. After him are Honorino Landa, Susan Hill, Walter Rodney, Frankie Lymon, Donald E. Williams, and Mario Savio. Among people deceased in 1981, Harry Chapin ranks 242. Before him are Dragutin Najdanović, Vittorio Tamagnini, Nikolay Smaga, Giuseppe Tosi, Fidel LaBarba, and Alberto Héber Usher. After him are Irving Jaffee, Margaret Lindsay, Douglas Lowe, Roy Brown, Robert Russell Bennett, and George Walsh.
1942 - 2019
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 565
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 566
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 567
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 568
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 569
1942 - 2006
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 570
1942 - 1981
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 571
1942 - 1987
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 572
1942 - Present
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 573
1942 - 1980
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 574
1942 - 1968
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 575
1942 - 2016
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 576
1942 - 1996
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 577
1908 - 1981
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 236
1910 - 1981
HPI: 41.96
Rank: 237
1938 - 1981
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 238
1916 - 1981
HPI: 41.42
Rank: 239
1905 - 1981
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 240
1918 - 1981
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 241
1942 - 1981
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 242
1906 - 1981
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 243
1910 - 1981
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 244
1902 - 1981
HPI: 40.29
Rank: 245
1925 - 1981
HPI: 40.18
Rank: 246
1894 - 1981
HPI: 40.16
Rank: 247
1889 - 1981
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 248
Among people born in United States, Harry Chapin ranks 10,048 out of 18,182. Before him are Anne Smith (1959), Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (1959), Leah Remini (1970), Maxi Mounds (1964), Joseph Mascolo (1929), and Sterling Price (1809). After him are Fred Ebb (1928), Rebecca Schaeffer (1967), Dennis Chambers (1959), Matthew McGrory (1973), William H. Webster (1924), and Barbara Mikulski (1936).
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 10,042
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 10,043
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 10,044
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 10,045
1929 - 2016
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 10,046
1809 - 1867
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 10,047
1942 - 1981
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 10,048
1928 - 2004
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 10,049
1967 - 1989
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 10,050
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 10,051
1973 - 2005
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 10,052
1924 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 10,053
1936 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 10,054
Among singers born in United States, Harry Chapin ranks 512. Before him are Jimmy Witherspoon (1920), Lucinda Williams (1953), Bobbie Gentry (1942), Big Pun (1971), Roberta Peters (1930), and Roy Acuff (1903). After him are Macklemore (1983), B-Real (1970), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Kate Smith (1907), June Anderson (1952), and Mina (1997).
1920 - 1997
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 506
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 507
1942 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 508
1971 - 2000
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 509
1930 - 2017
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 510
1903 - 1992
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 511
1942 - 1981
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 512
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 513
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 514
1900 - 1978
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 515
1907 - 1986
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 516
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 517
1997 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 518