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Jon Vickers

1926 - 2015

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Jonathan Stewart Vickers, (October 29, 1926 – July 10, 2015), known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a Canadian heldentenor. Born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was the sixth in a family of eight children. In 1950, he was awarded a scholarship to study opera at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Vickers has received more than 190,272 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 24 in 2019). Jon Vickers is the 844th most popular singer (up from 858th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Canada (up from 239th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Canadian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jon Vickers ranks 844 out of 4,381. Before him are Inger Jacobsen, Max Lorenz, Şivan Perwer, Maria Jeritza, Jetty Paerl, and Jagjit Singh. After him are George Baker, Inna, Majida El Roumi, Rob Pilatus, Shirley Horn, and Raquel Meller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jon Vickers ranks 233. Before him are Gottfried Diener, Ray Brown, David C. H. Austin, Lenny Montana, Julio César Britos, and Arnošt Lustig. After him are Jacques Rozier, Bryan Johnson, Bernhard Klodt, Salahuddin of Selangor, K. D. Jadhav, and Heinz Kwiatkowski. Among people deceased in 2015, Jon Vickers ranks 189. Before him are Evelyn Furtsch, Hans Erni, Clark Terry, Michael Graves, Jeralean Talley, and Jacques Sernas. After him are Gerald Götting, Ahmed Chalabi, Patachou, Wan Li, Slavko Avsenik, and Frances Oldham Kelsey.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jon Vickers ranks 218 out of 1,622. Before him are Cobie Smulders (1982), Sandra Oh (1971), John T. Dunlap (1957), Phil Hartman (1948), Terry Fox (1958), and Louis Nirenberg (1925). After him are Ernest Burgess (1886), Marc Singer (1948), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), Bobby Hull (1939), David Card (1956), and Josephine Crowell (1859).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Jon Vickers ranks 14. Before him are Shania Twain (1965), Shawn Mendes (1998), Nelly Furtado (1978), Alanis Morissette (1974), Michael Bublé (1975), and Garou (1972). After him are Daniel Lavoie (1949), Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Terry Jacks (1944), James LaBrie (1963), The Weeknd (1990), and George London (1920).

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