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Léo Ferré

1916 - 1993

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Léo Ferré (French pronunciation: [leo feʁe]; 24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released many hit singles, particularly between 1960 and the mid-1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léo Ferré has received more than 327,608 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Léo Ferré is the 325th most popular musician (down from 308th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Monaco (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Monegasque Musician.

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  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Léo Ferré ranks 325 out of 3,175. Before him are Joe Zawinul, Lee Soo-man, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Friedrich Gulda, Djivan Gasparyan, and Sonny Rollins. After him are Tiësto, Eric Carr, Avril Lavigne, Count Basie, Paul Desmond, and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Léo Ferré ranks 68. Before him are Carl Johan Bernadotte, Georg Henrik von Wright, Michael Gough, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Sterling Hayden, and Ernst Wilimowski. After him are Luis Corvalán, Bernard Blier, Betty Grable, Zein Al-Sharaf Talal, Giorgio Bassani, and Archduke Felix of Austria. Among people deceased in 1993, Léo Ferré ranks 57. Before him are Yuri Lotman, Helen Hayes, Bruno Pontecorvo, Leonid Gaidai, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, and Tofiq Bahramov. After him are Adelaide Hall, Rahmon Nabiyev, Hervé Villechaize, Felice Borel, Pierre Bérégovoy, and Eddie Constantine.

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In Monaco

Among people born in Monaco, Léo Ferré ranks 7 out of 32. Before him are Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923), Albert II, Prince of Monaco (1958), Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach (1864), Caroline, Princess of Hanover (1957), Princess Stéphanie of Monaco (1965), and Louis Chiron (1899). After him are Franz Schreker (1878), Louis I, Prince of Monaco (1642), Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco (1697), Honoré II, Prince of Monaco (1597), Charles II, Lord of Monaco (1555), and Ercole, Lord of Monaco (1562).

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Among MUSICIANS In Monaco

Among musicians born in Monaco, Léo Ferré ranks 1. 

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