SINGER

Nana Mouskouri

1934 - Today

Photo of Nana Mouskouri

Icon of person Nana Mouskouri

Ioanna "Nana" Mouskouri (Greek: Ιωάννα "Νάνα" Μούσχουρη [i.oˈana ˈnana ˈmusxuri]; born 13 October 1934) is a Greek singer and politician. Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least thirteen languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe for the song "The White Rose of Athens", recorded first in German as "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" as an adaptation of her Greek song "Σαν σφυρίξεις τρείς φορές" (San sfyríxeis tris forés, "When you whistle three times"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nana Mouskouri has received more than 2,429,884 page views. Her biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Nana Mouskouri is the 34th most popular singer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Greece and the most popular Greek Singer.

Nana Mouskouri is most famous for her singing.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nana Mouskouri ranks 34 out of 4,381Before her are Serge Gainsbourg, Cesária Évora, Whitney Houston, Johnny Cash, Celine Dion, and Mireille Mathieu. After her are Nico, Barry White, Albano Carrisi, Amanda Lear, Barbra Streisand, and Plácido Domingo.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Nana Mouskouri ranks 12Before her are Albert II of Belgium, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Giorgio Armani, Maggie Smith, Gene Cernan, and Carl Sagan. After her are Daniel Kahneman, Judi Dench, Leonid Kravchuk, Vavá, Jane Goodall, and Paco Rabanne.

Others Born in 1934

Go to all Rankings

In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nana Mouskouri ranks 72 out of 1,024Before her are Ptolemy III Euergetes (-284), Isocrates (-436), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Constantine I of Greece (1868), Peleus (null), and Nikos Kazantzakis (1883). After her are Lysippos (-390), Alcaeus of Mytilene (-620), Clement of Alexandria (150), George II of Greece (1890), Antigonus I Monophthalmus (-382), and Mikis Theodorakis (1925).

Among SINGERS In Greece

Among singers born in Greece, Nana Mouskouri ranks 1After her are Vicky Leandros (1949), Agnes Baltsa (1944), George Dalaras (1949), Haris Alexiou (1950), Maria Farantouri (1947), Sakis Rouvas (1962), Marinella (1938), Stelios Kazantzidis (1931), Glykeria (1953), Sotiria Bellou (1921), and Agathonas Iakovidis (1955).