SINGER

Milva

1939 - 2021

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Maria Ilva Biolcati, OMRI (Italian: [maˈriːa ˈilva bjolˈkaːti]; 17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva (Italian: [ˈmilva]), was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as La Rossa (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic colour of her hair, and additionally as La Pantera di Goro ("The Panther of Goro"), which stemmed from the Italian press having nicknamed the three most popular Italian female singers of the 1960s, combining the names of animals and the singers' birthplaces. The colour also characterised her leftist political beliefs, claimed in numerous statements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milva has received more than 444,939 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Milva is the 245th most popular singer (down from 215th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Milva ranks 245 out of 4,381. Before her are Sabrina Salerno, DJ Khaled, Tereza Kesovija, Nena, The Singing Nun, and Corry Brokken. After her are Bessie Smith, Lepa Brena, Sam Cooke, F. R. David, Debbie Harry, and Shane MacGowan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Milva ranks 78. Before her are Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Dariush Mehrjui, Susumu Tonegawa, Claudio Magris, Joaquim Chissano, and Ratko Janev. After her are Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Yael Dayan, Sidney Altman, Warda Al-Jazairia, Ruggero Deodato, and Silvana Armenulić. Among people deceased in 2021, Milva ranks 76. Before her are Pat Hitchcock, John McAfee, Kentaro Miura, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Tamara Press, and Larry Flynt. After her are Mamnoon Hussain, Walter Mondale, Hannu Mikkola, Bertrand Tavernier, Gottfried Böhm, and Abdelkader Bensalah.

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