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Marilyn Horne

1934 - Today

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Marilyn Berneice Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marilyn Horne has received more than 537,425 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Marilyn Horne is the 886th most popular singer (down from 832nd in 2019), the 4,640th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,691st in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 540k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Marilyn Horne ranks 886 out of 4,381. Before her are Aino Ackté, Liane Augustin, Katja Ebstein, Jan Kiepura, Alessandro Safina, and Gérard Lenorman. After her are Milka Ternina, Dave Benton, Richard Carpenter, Alexander Bard, Chip Taylor, and Julie d'Aubigny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Marilyn Horne ranks 247. Before her are Francesco Monterisi, Stefan Abadzhiev, Julio Jiménez, Robert D. Hare, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, and Zequinha. After her are Fou Ts'ong, Adolf Merckle, Harald Grønningen, Enrique Mateos, Aleksei Yeliseyev, and Eva Mozes Kor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn Horne ranks 4,640 out of 20,380. Before her are Margaret Hamilton (1902), Braxton Bragg (1817), Joe Dallesandro (1948), Robert Montgomery (1904), Savanna Samson (1967), and Julie Adams (1926). After her are D'arcy Wretzky (1968), Herman Kahn (1922), Paul Alexander (1946), Charles Fort (1874), Olivia Wilde (1984), and Norman Holter (1914).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Marilyn Horne ranks 229. Before her are Melanie Thornton (1967), Cat Power (1972), Shirley Horn (1934), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), Bobby Vinton (1935), and Adam Lambert (1982). After her are Richard Carpenter (1946), Chip Taylor (1940), Randy Meisner (1946), Vince Neil (1961), Loretta Lynn (1932), and Prodigy (1974).

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