1927 - 2005
Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a Cuban singer who played with Los Bocucos for nearly forty years. He also performed with Conjunto Sorpresa, Chepín y su Orquesta Oriental and Mario Patterson. After his retirement in 1991, he was brought back in the studio to record with the Afro-Cuban All Stars and Buena Vista Social Club in March 1996. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibrahim Ferrer has received more than 427,893 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim Ferrer is the 154th most popular singer (down from 135th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Cuban Singer.
Ibrahim Ferrer is most famous for being the lead singer of the Buena Vista Social Club.
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Among singers, Ibrahim Ferrer ranks 154 out of 3,528. Before him are Billy Joel, Otis Redding, Tony Bennett, Gilbert Bécaud, Dr. Dre, and Feodor Chaliapin. After him are Chris Norman, Paul Anka, Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chester Bennington, and John Denver.
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 148
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 149
1926 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 150
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 151
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 152
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 153
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 154
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 156
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 157
1925 - 2012
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 158
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 159
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 160
Among people born in 1927, Ibrahim Ferrer ranks 42. Before him are Mary Higgins Clark, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, K. Alex Müller, Hugo Pratt, Stan Getz, and Gilbert Bécaud. After him are Rosalynn Carter, Rosemary Harris, Juan Almeida Bosque, John McCarthy, Harry Markowitz, and Hans-Dietrich Genscher. Among people deceased in 2005, Ibrahim Ferrer ranks 36. Before him are George F. Kennan, Maria Schell, Max Schmeling, Moustapha Akkad, Anne Bancroft, and Joseph Rotblat. After him are George Dantzig, Lucien Laurent, Robert Wise, Brother Roger, Birgit Nilsson, and Ahmed Deedat.
1927 - 2020
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 36
1927 - 1988
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 37
1927 - Present
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 38
1927 - 1995
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 39
1927 - 1991
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 40
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 41
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 42
1927 - Present
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 43
1927 - Present
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 44
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 45
1927 - 2011
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 46
1927 - Present
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 47
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 48
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 30
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 31
1905 - 2005
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 32
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 33
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 34
1908 - 2005
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 35
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 36
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 37
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 38
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 39
1915 - 2005
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 40
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 41
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 42
Among people born in Cuba, Ibrahim Ferrer ranks 13 out of 248. Before him are José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Andy García (1956), Alberto Korda (1928), Compay Segundo (1907), and Gloria Estefan (1957). After him are Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Celia Cruz (1925), Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960), and Alicia Alonso (1920).
1853 - 1895
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 7
1842 - 1911
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 8
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 9
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 10
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 12
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 13
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 14
1925 - 2003
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 15
1887 - 1937
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 16
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 17
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 18
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 19
Among singers born in Cuba, Ibrahim Ferrer ranks 2. Before him are Gloria Estefan (1957). After him are Celia Cruz (1925), Omara Portuondo (1930), Pérez Prado (1916), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Rita Marley (1946), Pablo Milanés (1943), Laurel Aitken (1927), Benny Moré (1919), and Camila Cabello (1997).
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 1
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 2
1925 - 2003
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 3
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 4
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 7
1946 - Present
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 8
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 9
1927 - 2005
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 10
1919 - 1963
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 11
1997 - Present
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 12