1933 - 2006
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer and musician. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by various nicknames, among them "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business", "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 15,574,362 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). James Brown is the 34th most popular singer (down from 22nd in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from United States (down from 150th in 2019) and the 15th 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 34 out of 3,528. Before him are Umm Kulthum, Cesária Évora, Brian Johnson, Whitney Houston, Barry White, and Nana Mouskouri. After him are Jacques Brel, Patti Smith, Plácido Domingo, Nico, Amanda Lear, and Andrea Bocelli.
1898 - 1975
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 28
1941 - 2011
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 29
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 30
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 31
1944 - 2003
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 32
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 33
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 34
1929 - 1978
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 35
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 37
1938 - 1988
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 38
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 39
1958 - Present
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1933, James Brown ranks 11. Before him are Garrincha, Roman Polanski, Montserrat Caballé, Michael Caine, Yoko Ono, and Charles K. Kao. After him are Francisco Gento, Nina Simone, Amartya Sen, Claudio Abbado, Abolhassan Banisadr, and Tinto Brass. Among people deceased in 2006, James Brown ranks 10. Before him are Slobodan Milošević, Milton Friedman, Gerald Ford, Naguib Mahfouz, Stanisław Lem, and Saparmurat Niyazov. After him are Desmond Doss, Heinrich Harrer, Alfredo Stroessner, Philippe Noiret, Oriana Fallaci, and Syd Barrett.
1933 - 1983
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 5
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 6
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 7
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 9
1933 - 2018
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 10
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 11
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 12
1933 - 2003
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.78
Rank: 14
1933 - 2014
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 15
1933 - 2021
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 16
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 17
1941 - 2006
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 4
1912 - 2006
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 5
1913 - 2006
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 6
1911 - 2006
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 7
1921 - 2006
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 8
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 9
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 11
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 12
1912 - 2006
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 13
1930 - 2006
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 14
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 15
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 16
Among people born in United States, James Brown ranks 216 out of 18,182. Before him are Charlton Heston (1923), Coen brothers (null), Buster Keaton (1895), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Quentin Tarantino (1963), and Miles Davis (1926). After him are Frank Zappa (1940), Edwin McMillan (1907), Walt Whitman (1819), John Travolta (1954), Tim Cook (1960), and Andrew Jackson (1767).
1923 - 2008
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 210
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 211
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 212
1904 - 1967
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 213
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 214
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 215
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 216
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 217
1907 - 1991
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 218
1819 - 1892
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 219
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 220
1960 - Present
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 221
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 222
Among singers born in United States, James Brown ranks 15. Before him are Jim Morrison (1943), Barbra Streisand (1942), Tupac Shakur (1971), Johnny Cash (1932), Whitney Houston (1963), and Barry White (1944). After him are Patti Smith (1946), Joe Dassin (1938), Nina Simone (1933), Billie Holiday (1915), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), and 50 Cent (1975).
1943 - 1971
HPI: 75.49
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 10
1971 - 1996
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 11
1932 - 2003
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 12
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 13
1944 - 2003
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 14
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 15
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 16
1938 - 1980
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 17
1933 - 2003
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 18
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 19
1917 - 1996
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 20
1975 - Present
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 21