1945 - 2019
Jessye Mae Norman (September 15, 1945 – September 30, 2019) was an American opera singer and recitalist. She was able to perform dramatic soprano roles, but did not limit herself to that voice type. A commanding presence on operatic, concert and recital stages, Norman was associated with roles including Beethoven's Leonore, Wagner's Sieglinde and Kundry, Berlioz's Cassandre and Didon, and Bartók's Judith. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jessye Norman has received more than 1,265,411 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jessye Norman is the 261st most popular singer (up from 450th in 2019), the 1,707th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,733rd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Jessye Norman ranks 261 out of 3,528. Before her are Johnny Logan, Hank Williams, Teresa Berganza, Corry Brokken, Fabrizio De André, and Mylène Farmer. After her are Victoria de los Ángeles, Christa Ludwig, Shirley Bassey, Sade, Jimmy Cliff, and Mohammed Abdel Wahab.
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 255
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 256
1933 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 257
1932 - 2016
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 258
1940 - 1999
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 259
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 260
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 261
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 262
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 263
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 264
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 265
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 266
1901 - 1991
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 267
Among people born in 1945, Jessye Norman ranks 93. Before her are Yochanan Vollach, Robert Sarah, Milo Manara, John Fogerty, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Massimo Moratti. After her are Bob Gunton, Maud Adams, Anatoly Fomenko, Christoph Schönborn, Momčilo Krajišnik, and Angus Deaton. Among people deceased in 2019, Jessye Norman ranks 73. Before her are Roger Etchegaray, Paul Greengard, Fernando de la Rúa, Valery Bykovsky, Vladimir Bukovsky, and Stanley Donen. After her are Godfried Danneels, Tomi Ungerer, John Robert Schrieffer, Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Isabel Sarli, and Raymond Poulidor.
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 87
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 88
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 89
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 90
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 91
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 92
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 93
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 94
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 95
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 96
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 97
1945 - 2020
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 98
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 99
1922 - 2019
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 67
1925 - 2019
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 68
1937 - 2019
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 69
1934 - 2019
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 70
1942 - 2019
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 71
1924 - 2019
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 72
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 73
1933 - 2019
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 74
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 75
1931 - 2019
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 76
1943 - 2019
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 77
1929 - 2019
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 78
1936 - 2019
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 79
Among people born in United States, Jessye Norman ranks 1,707 out of 18,182. Before her are Michael Dudikoff (1954), Tom Regan (1938), Charles Eames (1907), James Oliver Curwood (1878), Thomas Haden Church (1960), and Wilbur Scoville (1865). After her are Richard Jenkins (1947), Adrien Brody (1973), Jerry Stiller (1927), Michael Spence (1943), Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929), and Floyd Patterson (1935).
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,701
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,702
1907 - 1978
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,703
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,704
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,705
1865 - 1942
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,706
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,707
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,708
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,709
1927 - 2020
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,710
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,711
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 1,712
1935 - 2006
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 1,713
Among singers born in United States, Jessye Norman ranks 83. Before her are Kim Carnes (1945), Bessie Smith (1894), Eazy-E (1964), John Fogerty (1945), Sonny Bono (1935), and Hank Williams (1923). After her are Mahalia Jackson (1911), Cab Calloway (1907), Axl Rose (1962), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Stevie Nicks (1948), and R. Kelly (1967).
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 77
1894 - 1937
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 78
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 79
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 80
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 81
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 82
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 83
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 84
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 85
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 86
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 87
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 88
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 89