1941 - 2015
Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Sledge has received more than 1,257,369 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Percy Sledge is the 400th most popular singer, the 2,469th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,487th in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Percy Sledge ranks 400 out of 3,528. Before him are Neda Ukraden, Ahmet Kaya, Kirsten Flagstad, Lepa Brena, Zeynab Khanlarova, and Rosé. After him are Natalia Oreiro, Alexis Korner, Chubby Checker, Stromae, Fritz Wunderlich, and Ariana Grande.
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 394
1957 - 2000
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 395
1895 - 1962
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 396
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 397
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 398
1997 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 399
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 400
1977 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 401
1928 - 1984
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 402
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 403
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 404
1930 - 1966
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 405
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 406
Among people born in 1941, Percy Sledge ranks 150. Before him are Tom Fogerty, Michael Apted, Adrian Lyne, Nora Ephron, Infante Alfonso of Spain, and Alexander Gauland. After him are Peter Coyote, Paavo Lipponen, Chubby Checker, Eleni Karaindrou, David Hemmings, and Aldrich Ames. Among people deceased in 2015, Percy Sledge ranks 100. Before him are Kenzo Ohashi, John Guillermin, Patrick Macnee, Satoru Iwata, Shigeru Mizuki, and Ieng Thirith. After him are Magali Noël, Tadahiko Ueda, Jaakko Hintikka, Adrian Frutiger, Jenő Buzánszky, and Aldo Ciccolini.
1941 - 1990
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 144
1941 - 2021
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 145
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 146
1941 - 2012
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 147
1941 - 1956
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 148
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 149
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 150
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 151
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 152
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 153
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 154
1941 - 2003
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 156
1934 - 2015
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 94
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 95
1922 - 2015
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 96
1959 - 2015
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 97
1922 - 2015
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 98
1932 - 2015
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 99
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 100
1931 - 2015
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 101
1947 - 2015
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 102
1929 - 2015
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 103
1928 - 2015
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 104
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 105
1925 - 2015
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 106
Among people born in United States, Percy Sledge ranks 2,469 out of 18,182. Before him are Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), Richard R. Schrock (1945), J. T. Walsh (1943), Robert Downey Sr. (1936), Chris Pine (1980), and Peter Diamond (1940). After him are Tina Aumont (1946), Dennis Wilson (1944), William M. Branham (1909), Philip Sheridan (1831), Barbara Bain (1931), and Katherine Heigl (1978).
1921 - 2009
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,463
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,464
1943 - 1998
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,465
1936 - 2021
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,466
1980 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,467
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,468
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,469
1946 - 2006
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,470
1944 - 1983
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 2,471
1909 - 1965
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 2,472
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 2,473
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 2,474
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,475
Among singers born in United States, Percy Sledge ranks 127. Before him are Randy Newman (1943), Tracy Chapman (1964), Frankie Valli (1934), Lisa Marie Presley (1968), Pinetop Perkins (1913), and Carl Perkins (1932). After him are Chubby Checker (1941), Ariana Grande (1993), Lana Del Rey (1985), Taylor Swift (1989), Don McLean (1945), and Janet Jackson (1966).
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 121
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 122
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 123
1968 - 2023
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 124
1913 - 2011
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 125
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 126
1941 - 2015
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 127
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 128
1993 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 129
1985 - Present
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 130
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 131
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 132
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 133