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 891,231 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Ruffin is the 2,730th most popular singer (down from 2,412th in 2019), the 14,394th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,840th in 2019) and the 740th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jimmy Ruffins by language

Over the past year Jimmy Ruffin has had the most page views in the with 115,628 views, followed by German (2,894), and French (2,530). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (191.33%), Southern Azerbaijani (135.42%), and Arabic (134.42%)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 2,730 out of 4,381. Before 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 582. Before 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 556. Before 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.

Others Born in 1936

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 14,394 out of 20,380. Before 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).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Jimmy Ruffin ranks 740. Before 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).

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