1940 - 1984
Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in Dublin city, Kelly moved to England in his late teens and by his early 20s had become involved in a folk music revival. Returning to Dublin in the 1960s, he is noted as a founding member of the band The Dubliners in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luke Kelly has received more than 802,685 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Luke Kelly is the 1,301st most popular singer (down from 1,254th in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 205th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Irish Singer.
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Among singers, Luke Kelly ranks 1,301 out of 3,541. Before him are Jenni Rivera, Ani Lorak, Andreas Scholl, In-Grid, Randy Meisner, and Alison Moyet. After him are Barbara Bonney, Jon Secada, Jørn Lande, Rob Pilatus, Urszula Dudziak, and Andy Bell.
1969 - 2012
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 1,295
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 1,296
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 1,297
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 1,298
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,299
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 1,300
1940 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,301
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,302
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,303
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,304
1965 - 1998
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,305
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,306
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,307
Among people born in 1940, Luke Kelly ranks 379. Before him are Joe Torre, Donald Wuerl, Friedel Rausch, Michael Ruse, Roy Ayers, and Manuel Esquivel. After him are Wolfgang Paul, Wolfgang Clement, Billy McNeill, Patrick Leahy, Győző Kulcsár, and Nicolae Martinescu. Among people deceased in 1984, Luke Kelly ranks 181. Before him are Simón Lecue, Estelle Winwood, Yvon Petra, Janaki Ammal, Max Newman, and Liam O'Flaherty. After him are William Keighley, Henry Wilcoxon, Pentti Hämäläinen, Walter Tevis, Carl Foreman, and Neil Hamilton.
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 373
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 374
1940 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 375
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 376
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 377
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 378
1940 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 379
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 380
1940 - 2020
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 381
1940 - 2019
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 382
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 383
1940 - 2018
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 384
1940 - 2013
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 385
1912 - 1984
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 175
1883 - 1984
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 176
1916 - 1984
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 177
1897 - 1984
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 178
1897 - 1984
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 179
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 180
1940 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 181
1889 - 1984
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 182
1905 - 1984
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 183
1929 - 1984
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 184
1928 - 1984
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 185
1914 - 1984
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 186
1899 - 1984
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 187
Among people born in Ireland, Luke Kelly ranks 219 out of 460. Before him are Liam Cosgrave (1920), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Barney McKenna (1939), Wolfe Tone (1763), Owen Moore (1886), and Liam O'Flaherty (1896). After him are Stuart Townsend (1972), Evanna Lynch (1991), Arthur Johnson (1879), Eoin Colfer (1965), Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), and Peter Sutherland (1946).
1920 - 2017
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 213
1864 - 1943
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 214
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 215
1763 - 1798
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 216
1886 - 1939
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 217
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 218
1940 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 219
1972 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 220
1991 - Present
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 221
1879 - 1920
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 222
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 223
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 224
1946 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 225
Among singers born in Ireland, Luke Kelly ranks 6. Before him are Enya (1961), Bob Geldof (1951), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), Damien Rice (1973), and Barney McKenna (1939). After him are Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), Niall Horan (1993), Andrea Corr (1974), Nicky Byrne (1978), Róisín Murphy (1973), and Christy Moore (1945).
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 1
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 2
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 3
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 4
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 5
1940 - 1984
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 6
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 7
1993 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 8
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 10
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 12