1941 - Today
José Plácido Domingo Embil (born 21 January 1941) is a Spanish opera singer, conductor, and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most acclaimed Otello of his generation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plácido Domingo has received more than 3,005,530 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia. Plácido Domingo is the 37th most popular singer (down from 20th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Singer.
Plácido Domingo is most famous for being a Spanish tenor and conductor. He has sung in many operas and is the general director of the Los Angeles Opera.
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Among singers, Plácido Domingo ranks 37 out of 3,528. Before him are Whitney Houston, Barry White, Nana Mouskouri, James Brown, Jacques Brel, and Patti Smith. After him are Nico, Amanda Lear, Andrea Bocelli, Ozzy Osbourne, Joe Dassin, and Mireille Mathieu.
1963 - 2012
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 31
1944 - 2003
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 32
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 33
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 34
1929 - 1978
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 35
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 36
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 37
1938 - 1988
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 38
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 39
1958 - Present
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 40
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 41
1938 - 1980
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 43
Among people born in 1941, Plácido Domingo ranks 14. Before him are Sergio Mattarella, Charlie Watts, Richard Dawkins, Cesária Évora, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Martha Argerich. After him are Bruno Ganz, Fethullah Gülen, Lee Myung-bak, Nick Nolte, Laura Antonelli, and Tadao Ando.
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 8
1941 - 2021
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 10
1941 - 2011
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 11
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 12
1941 - Present
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 13
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 14
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 15
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 16
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 17
1941 - Present
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 18
1941 - 2015
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 19
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 20
Among people born in Spain, Plácido Domingo ranks 63 out of 2,932. Before him are Michael Servetus (1509), Abd al-Rahman III (889), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), and Isabella II of Spain (1830). After him are Alfonso X of Castile (1221), Florentino Pérez (1947), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Amancio Ortega (1936), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), and Louis I of Spain (1707).
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 57
889 - 961
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 58
1600 - 1681
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 59
1591 - 1652
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 60
1484 - 1566
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 61
1830 - 1904
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 62
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 63
1221 - 1284
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 64
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 65
1784 - 1833
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 66
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 67
1895 - 1978
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 68
1707 - 1724
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 69
Among singers born in Spain, Plácido Domingo ranks 3. Before him are Julio Iglesias (1943) and Montserrat Caballé (1933). After him are José Carreras (1946), Enrique Iglesias (1975), Lola Flores (1923), Teresa Berganza (1933), Victoria de los Ángeles (1923), Alfredo Kraus (1927), Manuel García (1775), Camarón de la Isla (1950), and Isabella Colbran (1785).
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.99
Rank: 1
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 2
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 3
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 4
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 5
1923 - 1995
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 6
1933 - 2022
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 7
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 8
1927 - 1999
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 9
1775 - 1832
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 10
1950 - 1992
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 11
1785 - 1845
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 12