1933 - 2006
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. A progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music dance, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Brown has received more than 9,952,769 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). James Brown is the 22nd most popular singer (up from 23rd in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from United States (down from 148th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Singer.
James Brown is most famous for being the "Godfather of Soul" and an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is also known as the "hardest working man in show business."
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Among singers, James Brown ranks 22 out of 3,541. Before him are Montserrat Caballé, Adriano Celentano, Enrico Caruso, Demis Roussos, Plácido Domingo, and Tupac Shakur. After him are Barbra Streisand, Farinelli, Dalida, Patti Smith, Cesária Évora, and Mick Jagger.
1933 - 2018
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 16
1938 - Present
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 17
1873 - 1921
HPI: 80.09
Rank: 18
1946 - 2015
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 19
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 20
1971 - 1996
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 21
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 22
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 23
1705 - 1782
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 24
1933 - 1987
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 25
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 26
1941 - 2011
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 27
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 28
Among people born in 1933, James Brown ranks 9. Before him are Garrincha, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Yoko Ono, Michael Caine, and Montserrat Caballé. After him are Dalida, Nina Simone, Claudio Abbado, Lina Medina, Just Fontaine, and Krzysztof Penderecki. Among people deceased in 2006, James Brown ranks 8. Before him are Augusto Pinochet, Ferenc Puskás, Slobodan Milošević, Gerald Ford, Milton Friedman, and Naguib Mahfouz. After him are Stanisław Lem, Saparmurat Niyazov, Heinrich Harrer, Desmond Doss, Philippe Noiret, and Oriana Fallaci.
1933 - 1983
HPI: 82.90
Rank: 3
1933 - 2019
HPI: 82.64
Rank: 4
1933 - Present
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 6
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 7
1933 - 2018
HPI: 80.52
Rank: 8
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 9
1933 - 1987
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 10
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 11
1933 - 2014
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 12
1933 - Present
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 14
1933 - 2020
HPI: 76.43
Rank: 15
1915 - 2006
HPI: 83.82
Rank: 2
1927 - 2006
HPI: 83.13
Rank: 3
1941 - 2006
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 4
1913 - 2006
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 5
1912 - 2006
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 6
1911 - 2006
HPI: 79.79
Rank: 7
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 8
1921 - 2006
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 9
1940 - 2006
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 10
1912 - 2006
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 11
1919 - 2006
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 12
1930 - 2006
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 13
1929 - 2006
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 14
Among people born in United States, James Brown ranks 150 out of 15,968. Before him are Brad Pitt (1963), Tupac Shakur (1971), Phineas Gage (1823), Madonna (1958), James Watson (1928), and Vin Diesel (1967). After him are Ray Charles (1930), Barbra Streisand (1942), Clark Gable (1901), Carl Sagan (1934), Paul Newman (1925), and Tom Hanks (1956).
1963 - Present
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 144
1971 - 1996
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 145
1823 - 1860
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 146
1958 - Present
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 147
1928 - Present
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 148
1967 - Present
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 149
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 150
1930 - 2004
HPI: 79.56
Rank: 151
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 152
1901 - 1960
HPI: 79.54
Rank: 153
1934 - 1996
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 154
1925 - 2008
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 155
1956 - Present
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 156
Among singers born in United States, James Brown ranks 11. Before him are Frank Sinatra (1915), Johnny Cash (1932), Tina Turner (1939), Joan Baez (1941), Jim Morrison (1943), and Tupac Shakur (1971). After him are Barbra Streisand (1942), Patti Smith (1946), Whitney Houston (1963), Aretha Franklin (1942), Barry White (1944), and Nina Simone (1933).
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 5
1932 - 2003
HPI: 82.07
Rank: 6
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 8
1943 - 1971
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 9
1971 - 1996
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 10
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 12
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 13
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 14
1942 - 2018
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 15
1944 - 2003
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 16
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 17