1945 - 2019
Jessye Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but refused to be limited to that voice type. She was a commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Cassandre and Didon by Berlioz and Bartók's Judith. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jessye Norman has received more than 880,629 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jessye Norman is the 451st most popular singer (up from 623rd in 2019), the 2,734th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,448th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Jessye Norman ranks 451 out of 3,541. Before her are King Diamond, Jungkook, Carly Simon, Nellie Melba, Basshunter, and Maggie Reilly. After her are Luis Eduardo Aute, Ubol Ratana, Ahmet Kaya, Camarón de la Isla, Violetta Villas, and Lusine Zakaryan.
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 445
1997 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 446
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 447
1861 - 1931
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 448
1984 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 449
1956 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 450
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 451
1943 - 2020
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 452
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 453
1957 - 2000
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 454
1950 - 1992
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 455
1938 - 2011
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 456
1937 - 1992
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 457
Among people born in 1945, Jessye Norman ranks 151. Before her are Bruce Spence, Gal Costa, Everett McGill, Carly Simon, Nick Simper, and Robert Wyatt. After her are Pat Riley, Brion James, Wolfgang Schüssel, Birendra of Nepal, George Dzundza, and Shulamith Firestone. Among people deceased in 2019, Jessye Norman ranks 131. Before her are Dick Dale, Syd Mead, Georgiy Daneliya, Yukiya Amano, William Levada, and Anatoly Lukyanov. After her are Judith Kerr, Charles Jencks, Sue Lyon, Lê Đức Anh, Patrick Sercu, and Andrés Gimeno.
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 145
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 146
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 147
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 148
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 149
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 150
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 151
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 152
1945 - 1999
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 153
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 154
1945 - 2001
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 155
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 156
1945 - 2012
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 157
1937 - 2019
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 125
1933 - 2019
HPI: 65.12
Rank: 126
1930 - 2019
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 127
1947 - 2019
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 128
1936 - 2019
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 129
1930 - 2019
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 130
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 131
1923 - 2019
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 132
1939 - 2019
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 133
1946 - 2019
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 134
1920 - 2019
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 135
1944 - 2019
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 136
1937 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 137
Among people born in United States, Jessye Norman ranks 2,734 out of 15,968. Before her are Ben Bernanke (1953), Estelle Getty (1923), John Gilbert (1895), Glenn Frey (1948), Triple H (1969), and Don S. Davis (1942). After her are Jim Thorpe (1887), Donald Davidson (1917), Tina Aumont (1946), Tommy Bolin (1951), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), and August Derleth (1909).
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,728
1923 - 2008
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,729
1895 - 1936
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,730
1948 - 2016
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 2,731
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,732
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,733
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,734
1887 - 1953
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2,735
1917 - 2003
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,736
1946 - 2006
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,737
1951 - 1976
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,738
1901 - 1967
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,739
1909 - 1971
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2,740
Among singers born in United States, Jessye Norman ranks 141. Before her are Randy Newman (1943), Howlin' Wolf (1910), Steve Perry (1949), Cissy Houston (1933), Dinah Washington (1924), and Carly Simon (1945). After her are Fergie (1975), Al Martino (1927), Marian Anderson (1897), Miley Cyrus (1992), Billie Eilish (2001), and Jackie Jackson (1951).
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 135
1910 - 1976
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 136
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 137
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 138
1924 - 1963
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 139
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 140
1945 - 2019
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 141
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 142
1927 - 2009
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 143
1897 - 1993
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 144
1992 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 145
2001 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 146
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 147