MUSICIAN

Mary Travers

1936 - 2009

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Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey. Travers grew up amid the burgeoning folk scene in New York City's Greenwich Village, and she released five solo albums. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Travers has received more than 2,672,083 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Travers is the 1,404th most popular musician (down from 1,247th in 2019), the 7,030th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,197th in 2019) and the 501st most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Mary Travers ranks 1,404 out of 3,175. Before her are Jaromír Nohavica, Grandmaster Flash, Henry Padovani, Franco Luambo, George Winston, and Allauddin Khan. After her are Henry Litolff, Dave Navarro, Utada Hikaru, Theodore Thomas, Blind Willie Johnson, and Howard Donald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Mary Travers ranks 387. Before her are Eddie Colman, Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov, Michael Somare, Peter Cook, Kenneth Copeland, and Hugh Anderson. After her are Gwyneth Jones, Akio Kaminaga, Leonid Ostrovski, Gavriil Popov, Roman Viktyuk, and Susan Kohner. Among people deceased in 2009, Mary Travers ranks 258. Before her are Kim Manners, Ron Asheton, Shota Chochishvili, Charles W. Juels, Héctor Facundo, and Harve Presnell. After her are Roger Planchon, Jan Kaplický, Sergei Magnitsky, Jacques Chessex, Godfrey Rampling, and Norbert Eschmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Travers ranks 7,030 out of 20,380. Before her are Frederick Hovey (1868), Richard Boone (1917), Justin Long (1978), William Henry Vanderbilt (1821), George Winston (1949), and Elisha Cook Jr. (1903). After her are Dorothea Dix (1802), Mary J. Blige (1971), Sheryl Sandberg (1969), Whitney Smith (1940), Roman Reigns (1985), and Sidney Howard (1891).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Mary Travers ranks 501. Before her are Mary Lou Williams (1910), Steve Miller (1943), Bruce Johnston (1942), Gary Wright (1943), John Hammond (1910), and George Winston (1949). After her are Dave Navarro (1967), Utada Hikaru (1983), Blind Willie Johnson (1897), Julius Katchen (1926), Frankie Knuckles (1955), and Craig Jones (1972).

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