SINGER

Jimmy Ruffin

1936 - 2014

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Jimmy Lee Ruffin (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and the older brother of David Ruffin, the lead singer of the Temptations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Ruffin has received more than 972,611 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Ruffin is the 2,729th most popular singer (down from 2,412th in 2019), the 14,405th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,840th in 2019) and the 739th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 970k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 2,729 out of 4,381Before him are Larry Norman, Parveen Sultana, Joni James, Ivri Lider, Lisa Angell, and Sho Sakurai. After him are Beverley Craven, Alison Mosshart, Letta Mbulu, Kendall Schmidt, Slick Rick, and Ana Johnsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 583Before him are Virginia Hamilton, Marge Piercy, Mihály Fülöp, Dick Barnett, Garfield Sobers, and Saginaw Grant. After him are Sushma Seth, Sue Ane Langdon, John Danforth, Carole Quinton, Brenda Jones, and Indu Jain. Among people deceased in 2014, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 556Before him are Bob Hastings, Mavis Gallant, Fernandão, Steven Sotloff, Deven Verma, and Valyantsin Byalkevich. After him are Christopher Malcolm, Audrey Long, Thomas Menino, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, André Wohllebe, and Skye McCole Bartusiak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 14,405 out of 20,380Before him are Jon Tester (1956), John Fetterman (1969), Robert Pinsky (1940), Stephen Kotkin (1959), Tom Laughlin (1931), and Bob Bryar (1979). After him are Duane Swanson (1913), Alison Mosshart (1978), Yvette Nicole Brown (1971), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (1989), Richard Burr (1955), and Chuck Behler (1965).

Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 739Before him are Sinitta (1968), Little Milton (1934), Joey Badass (1995), Gary Jules (1969), Larry Norman (1947), and Joni James (1930). After him are Alison Mosshart (1978), Kendall Schmidt (1990), Randy Travis (1959), Obie Trice (1977), Melba Moore (1940), and Jesse McCartney (1987).