1946 - Today
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses.Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patti Smith has received more than 8,213,743 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Patti Smith is the 26th most popular singer (down from 25th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from United States (down from 168th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Singer.
Patti Smith is most famous for her book "Just Kids" which is a memoir of her early life with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
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Among singers, Patti Smith ranks 26 out of 3,541. Before her are Plácido Domingo, Tupac Shakur, James Brown, Barbra Streisand, Farinelli, and Dalida. After her are Cesária Évora, Mick Jagger, Umm Kulthum, Nana Mouskouri, Brian Johnson, and Whitney Houston.
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 20
1971 - 1996
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 21
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 22
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 23
1705 - 1782
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 24
1933 - 1987
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 25
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 26
1941 - 2011
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 27
1943 - Present
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 28
1898 - 1975
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 29
1934 - Present
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 30
1947 - Present
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 31
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1946, Patti Smith ranks 12. Before her are George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ted Bundy, Alan Rickman, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and Demis Roussos. After her are Gianni Versace, David Lynch, George Best, Bon Scott, Tommy Lee Jones, and Mireille Mathieu.
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 6
1946 - Present
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 7
1946 - 1989
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 8
1946 - 2016
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 9
1946 - Present
HPI: 80.41
Rank: 10
1946 - 2015
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 11
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 12
1946 - 1997
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 14
1946 - 2005
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 15
1946 - 1980
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 16
1946 - Present
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 77.00
Rank: 18
Among people born in United States, Patti Smith ranks 178 out of 15,968. Before her are Tom Selleck (1945), Peter Falk (1927), Robert Wadlow (1918), John B. Watson (1878), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), and Gene Cernan (1934). After her are Chuck Berry (1926), Gregory Peck (1916), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Billy the Kid (1859), Buster Keaton (1895), and John Travolta (1954).
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 172
1927 - 2011
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 173
1918 - 1940
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 174
1878 - 1958
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 175
1803 - 1882
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 176
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 177
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 178
1926 - 2017
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 179
1916 - 2003
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 180
1925 - 1968
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 181
1859 - 1881
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 182
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 183
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 184
Among singers born in United States, Patti Smith ranks 13. Before her are Tina Turner (1939), Joan Baez (1941), Jim Morrison (1943), Tupac Shakur (1971), James Brown (1933), and Barbra Streisand (1942). After her are Whitney Houston (1963), Aretha Franklin (1942), Barry White (1944), Nina Simone (1933), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), and Eminem (1972).
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 8
1943 - 1971
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 9
1971 - 1996
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 10
1933 - 2006
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 12
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 13
1963 - 2012
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 14
1942 - 2018
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 15
1944 - 2003
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 16
1933 - 2003
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 17
1917 - 1996
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 19