1912 - 1953
Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death. The daughter of a Lancashire village schoolmaster, Ferrier showed early talent as a pianist, and won numerous amateur piano competitions while working as a telephonist with the General Post Office. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kathleen Ferrier has received more than 399,734 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kathleen Ferrier is the 522nd most popular singer (down from 521st in 2019), the 1,829th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,833rd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Singer.
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Among singers, Kathleen Ferrier ranks 522 out of 3,528. Before her are Michel Sardou, John Lydon, Sharon den Adel, Violetta Villas, Halsey, and Dinah Washington. After her are Georg Ots, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Isabelle Aubret, Limahl, Titta Ruffo, and Lee Hazlewood.
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 516
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 517
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 518
1938 - 2011
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 519
1994 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 520
1924 - 1963
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 521
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 522
1920 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 523
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 524
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 525
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 526
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 527
1929 - 2007
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 528
Among people born in 1912, Kathleen Ferrier ranks 130. Before her are Maria Montez, Võ Chí Công, Günther Lützow, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Alexey Sudayev, and Jacques Bergier. After her are Folco Lulli, Aymoré Moreira, Naoto Tajima, Kurt Sanderling, Rihei Sano, and Martin Schwarzschild. Among people deceased in 1953, Kathleen Ferrier ranks 66. Before her are Jim Thorpe, James Finlayson, Nikolaos Plastiras, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Iuliu Maniu, and Hjalmar Hammarskjöld. After her are Titta Ruffo, Dámaso Berenguer, Sergey Belyavsky, Lev Mekhlis, Vsevolod Merkulov, and Şükrü Saracoğlu.
1912 - 1951
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 124
1912 - 2011
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 125
1912 - 1945
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 126
1912 - 1974
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 127
1912 - 1946
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 128
1912 - 1978
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 129
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 130
1912 - 1970
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 131
1912 - 1998
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 132
1912 - 1990
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 133
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 134
1912 - 1992
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 135
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 136
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 60
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 61
1883 - 1953
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 62
1868 - 1953
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 63
1873 - 1953
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 64
1862 - 1953
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 65
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 66
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 67
1873 - 1953
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 68
1883 - 1953
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 69
1889 - 1953
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 70
1895 - 1953
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 71
1887 - 1953
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 72
Among people born in United Kingdom, Kathleen Ferrier ranks 1,829 out of 7,765. Before her are Ian Callaghan (1942), Alan Sillitoe (1928), William Renshaw (1861), Robert Catesby (1573), Vanessa Bell (1879), and James Dunlop (1793). After her are Alan Wilder (1959), Michael Sheen (1969), Limahl (1958), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Malcolm Arnold (1921), and James Stirling (1692).
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,823
1928 - 2010
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 1,824
1861 - 1904
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 1,825
1573 - 1605
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,826
1879 - 1961
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 1,827
1793 - 1848
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 1,828
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 1,829
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 1,830
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 1,831
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 1,832
1499 - 1500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 1,833
1921 - 2006
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 1,834
1692 - 1770
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 1,835
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Kathleen Ferrier ranks 62. Before her are Ed Sheeran (1991), John Wetton (1949), Rick Parfitt (1948), Keith Flint (1969), Sandie Shaw (1947), and John Lydon (1956). After her are Limahl (1958), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Graham Nash (1942), Noel Gallagher (1967), Geri Halliwell (1972), and James Blunt (1974).
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 56
1949 - 2017
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 57
1948 - 2016
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 58
1969 - 2019
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 60
1956 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 61
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 62
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 63
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 64
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 65
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 66
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 67
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 68