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Peter Yarrow

1938 - 2025

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Peter Yarrow (May 31, 1938 – January 7, 2025) was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers. Born in Manhattan in 1938, he attended New York's High School of Music and Art as a teenager and was then accepted at Cornell University. During his last year at Cornell in 1959, he began his music career as a student guitar instructor there, and after graduating, met the manager and impresiaro Albert Grossman. Grossman's idea of a musical trio eventually led to Yarrow forming a folk band with Stookey and Travers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Peter Yarrow is the 1,584th most popular singer (up from 2,441st in 2024), the 8,601st most popular biography from United States (up from 13,223rd in 2019) and the 424th most popular American Singer.

Peter Yarrow is best known as a member of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, famous for iconic songs like Puff, the Magic Dragon and Blowin’ in the Wind. He was also active in the civil rights and anti-war movements, using music as a form of social activism.

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Among singers, Peter Yarrow ranks 1,584 out of 4,381. Before him are Phil Mogg, Frankie Lymon, Jelena Rozga, Zemfira, CL, and Habib Koité. After him are Chris Roberts, Havoc, Ricardo Montaner, Nemo, Joe Arroyo, and Leonard Warren.

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Among people born in 1938, Peter Yarrow ranks 466. Before him are Boris Lagutin, Richard Dürr, Klaus Töpfer, Fritz d'Orey, Barbara Wagner, and Robert Rubin. After him are Galina Gorokhova, John Smith, Gyula Rákosi, Omar Caetano, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Marina Ratner. Among people deceased in 2025, Peter Yarrow ranks 363. Before him are Tom Lehrer, Andrija Delibašić, Frank Mill, Rudolf Belin, Levan Gachechiladze, and Xabier Azkargorta. After him are Lee Tamahori, Rinchen Barsbold, Robert Jay Lifton, Sam Rivers, Marina Lewycka, and Preta Gil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Yarrow ranks 8,603 out of 20,380. Before him are D. B. Woodside (1969), Tom Arnold (1959), Lucien Carr (1925), Douglas McIlroy (1932), David Blatt (1959), and Larry Fine (1902). After him are Tory Lane (1982), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Paul Dano (1984), Chris Sununu (1974), Melissa Joan Hart (1976), and Maxine Singer (1931).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Peter Yarrow ranks 424. Before him are Jackie DeShannon (1941), Richard Hell (1949), Marlena Shaw (1939), Betty Davis (1945), Ben Harper (1969), and Frankie Lymon (1942). After him are Havoc (1974), Leonard Warren (1911), Jonathan Davis (1971), Missy Elliott (1971), Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967), and Christina Milian (1981).

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