1932 - 2008
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miriam Makeba has received more than 2,306,724 page views. Her biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Miriam Makeba is the 80th most popular singer (down from 76th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular South African Singer.
Miriam Makeba is most famous for being a singer and songwriter. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa and grew up in a township. She became a singer in the 1950s and eventually left her country to live in the United States. She became an international sensation in the 1960s with a song called "Pata Pata."
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Among singers, Miriam Makeba ranks 80 out of 3,528. Before her are Glen Campbell, Prince, Bonnie Tyler, Florence Foster Jenkins, Anna Magdalena Bach, and Marie Fredriksson. After her are Fairuz, Rihanna, Steven Tyler, Shakira, Dieter Bohlen, and France Gall.
1936 - 2017
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 74
1958 - 2016
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 75
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 76
1868 - 1944
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 77
1701 - 1760
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 78
1958 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 79
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 80
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 81
1988 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 82
1948 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 83
1977 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 84
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 85
1947 - 2018
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 86
Among people born in 1932, Miriam Makeba ranks 26. Before her are Sylvia Plath, Fernando Botero, Víctor Jara, Pat Morita, Raisa Gorbacheva, and Gerhard Richter. After her are Camilo Cienfuegos, Michel Legrand, Anthony Perkins, François Englert, Carlos Saura, and Donald Rumsfeld. Among people deceased in 2008, Miriam Makeba ranks 18. Before her are Albert Hofmann, Hua Guofeng, Sydney Pollack, Jørn Utzon, Harold Pinter, and Richard Widmark. After her are Richard Wright, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, Heath Ledger, and Jules Dassin.
1932 - 1963
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 20
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 21
1932 - 1973
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 22
1932 - 2005
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 23
1932 - 1999
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 24
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 25
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 26
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 27
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 28
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 29
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 30
1932 - 2023
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 31
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 32
1906 - 2008
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 12
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 13
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 14
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 15
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 16
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 18
1943 - 2008
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 19
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 20
1923 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 21
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 22
1979 - 2008
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 23
1911 - 2008
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 24
Among people born in South Africa, Miriam Makeba ranks 11 out of 374. Before her are Desmond Tutu (1931), J. M. Coetzee (1940), Shaka (1787), Christiaan Barnard (1922), F. W. de Klerk (1936), and Nadine Gordimer (1923). After her are Charlize Theron (1975), Jacob Zuma (1942), Max Theiler (1899), Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), and Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942).
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 5
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
1787 - 1828
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 7
1922 - 2001
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 8
1936 - 2021
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 9
1923 - 2014
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 10
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 11
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 12
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 13
1899 - 1972
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 15
1825 - 1904
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 17
Among singers born in South Africa, Miriam Makeba ranks 1. After her are Dave Matthews (1967), Yolandi Visser (1984), Theuns Jordaan (1971), Brenda Fassie (1964), ZP Theart (1975), Shaun Morgan (1978), Alice Phoebe Lou (1993), and Bok van Blerk (1978).
1932 - 2008
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 1
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 2
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 3
1971 - 2021
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 4
1964 - 2004
HPI: 36.74
Rank: 5
1975 - Present
HPI: 33.28
Rank: 6
1978 - Present
HPI: 30.10
Rank: 7
1993 - Present
HPI: 28.88
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 25.14
Rank: 9