Singer

Lys Assia

Swiss singer

1924 - 2018

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Her biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 58 in 2024). Lys Assia is the 93rd most popular singer (up from 126th in 2024), the 48th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 70th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Singer.

Lys Assia is most famous for being the first winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1956.

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#93 / 5,024

Lys Assia ranks #93 of 5,024 Singers worldwide, placing them among the top 2% of the profession.

+1,945

Lys Assia climbed 1,945 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #7,790 to #5,849.

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Lys Assia's biography appears in 57 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Singers.

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Among Singers

Among singers, Lys Assia ranks 93 out of 5,024. Before her are Morrissey, France Gall, The Notorious B.I.G., Carlos Gardel, Fairuz, and Steven Tyler. After her are Glen Campbell, Tiny Tim, Eros Ramazzotti, Dieter Bohlen, Rihanna, and Karel Gott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Lys Assia ranks 26. Before her are Georges Charpak, Lauren Bacall, Roger Guillemin, Jacques Le Goff, Sergei Parajanov, and Paul Feyerabend. After her are S. R. Nathan, Billy Wright, Jovanka Broz, Ramiz Alia, Mário Soares, and Kōbō Abe. Among people deceased in 2018, Lys Assia ranks 27. Before her are John McCain, Stephen Hillenburg, Jean-Louis Tauran, Philip Roth, France Gall, and Jens Christian Skou. After her are Richard E. Taylor, Burton Richter, Günter Blobel, Avicii, Paul Bocuse, and Billy Graham.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Lys Assia ranks 48 out of 1,198. Before her are Benjamin Constant (1767), Erich von Däniken (1935), Karl Barth (1886), Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Adelaide of Italy (931), and Eugen Bleuler (1857). After her are Daniel Bovet (1907), Robert Walser (1878), Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Ursula Andress (1936), and Walter Rudolf Hess (1881).

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Among Singers In Switzerland

Among singers born in Switzerland, Lys Assia ranks 1. After her are Lisa Della Casa (1919), Andreas Vollenweider (1953), Sandra Studer (1969), Anita Traversi (1937), Patrick Juvet (1950), Henri Dès (1940), Nemo (1999), Paola del Medico (1950), Stephan Eicher (1960), Salvatore Licitra (1968), and Michael von der Heide (1971).

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