1920 - 2002
Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, over a career spanning seven decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, Lee created a sophisticated persona, writing music for films, acting, and recording conceptual record albums combining poetry and music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peggy Lee has received more than 2,505,221 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Peggy Lee is the 327th most popular musician (down from 310th in 2019), the 1,781st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,652nd in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Musician.
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Among musicians, Peggy Lee ranks 327 out of 2,675. Before her are Geezer Butler, Khaled, Jan Garbarek, Johnny Ramone, Dionisio Aguado y García, and PJ Harvey. After her are Ry Cooder, Valery Gergiev, Ken Hensley, Tony Allen, Tiësto, and Alice Herz-Sommer.
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 321
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 322
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 323
1948 - 2004
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 324
1784 - 1849
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 325
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 326
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 327
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 328
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 329
1945 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 330
1940 - 2020
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 331
1969 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 332
1903 - 2014
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 333
Among people born in 1920, Peggy Lee ranks 94. Before her are Albert Memmi, Nobuyuki Kato, Mehdi Ben Barka, Constanze Manziarly, Ricardo Montalbán, and Henri Verneuil. After her are George Porter, Vilém Flusser, Väinö Linna, Tonino Guerra, Karl Albrecht, and Richard Farnsworth. Among people deceased in 2002, Peggy Lee ranks 60. Before her are Sigvard Bernadotte, George Roy Hill, John Frankenheimer, Mauro Ramos, Henri Verneuil, and Infanta Beatriz of Spain. After her are George Porter, Kim Hunter, John Entwistle, Velibor Vasović, Hugo Banzer, and Joaquín Balaguer.
1920 - 2020
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 88
1920 - Present
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 89
1920 - 1965
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 90
1920 - 1945
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 91
1920 - 2009
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 92
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 93
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 94
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 95
1920 - 1991
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 96
1920 - 1992
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 97
1920 - 2012
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 98
1920 - 2014
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 99
1920 - 2000
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 100
1907 - 2002
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 54
1921 - 2002
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 55
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 56
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 57
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 58
1909 - 2002
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 59
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 60
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 61
1922 - 2002
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 62
1944 - 2002
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 63
1939 - 2002
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 64
1926 - 2002
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 65
1906 - 2002
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Peggy Lee ranks 1,781 out of 15,968. Before her are Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Richard Sennett (1943), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Jim Thompson (1906), Bob Woodward (1943), and Paul P. Harris (1868). After her are Laura Dern (1967), John Mauchly (1907), Martha Nussbaum (1947), Phil Knight (1938), Linda Gray (1940), and Ry Cooder (1947).
1882 - 1968
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,775
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,776
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,777
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,778
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 1,779
1868 - 1947
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 1,780
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 1,781
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 1,782
1907 - 1980
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,783
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,784
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,785
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 1,786
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 1,787
Among musicians born in United States, Peggy Lee ranks 101. Before her are Isaac Hayes (1942), Paul Desmond (1924), Robert Trujillo (1964), Beck (1970), Albert King (1923), and Johnny Ramone (1948). After her are Ry Cooder (1947), Steve Vai (1960), Robby Krieger (1946), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Pat Metheny (1954), and Richie Sambora (1959).
1942 - 2008
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 95
1924 - 1977
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 96
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 97
1970 - Present
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 98
1923 - 1992
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 99
1948 - 2004
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 100
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 101
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 102
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 103
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 104
1950 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 105
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 106
1959 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 107