1943 - 1986
Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in the Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Manuel's singing alternated between a soul-influenced baritone that drew frequent comparisons to Ray Charles and a delicate falsetto. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Manuel has received more than 2,371,653 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Manuel is the 1,656th most popular musician (down from 1,487th in 2019), the 468th most popular biography from Canada (down from 391st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Canadian Musician.
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Among musicians, Richard Manuel ranks 1,656 out of 2,662. Before him are Sid Wilson, Jack White, Alison Sudol, Derek Bailey, Maxim Vengerov, and Herbert Stothart. After him are Randy Edelman, Sammy Cahn, Stefan Olsdal, Curtis Fuller, Doug Aldrich, and Kim Fowley.
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 1,650
1975 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 1,651
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 1,652
1930 - 2005
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 1,653
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 1,654
1885 - 1949
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 1,655
1943 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 1,656
1947 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 1,657
1913 - 1993
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 1,658
1974 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 1,659
1934 - 2021
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 1,660
1964 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 1,661
1939 - 2015
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 1,662
Among people born in 1943, Richard Manuel ranks 502. Before him are Charles H. Bennett, Kaoru Ikeya, Vitaliy Khmelnytskyi, Ingrid Gulbin, Marita Lange, and Mick Abrahams. After him are Liu Chao-shiuan, Pavel Lednyov, Vladimir Fedotov, Lasse Holm, James Herbert, and Mike Ratledge. Among people deceased in 1986, Richard Manuel ranks 221. Before him are Robert Alda, Snorri Hjartarson, Ria Baran, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Yukiko Okada, and Domingo García. After him are Adolf Brudes, Noboru Terada, Sonny Terry, Albert Scherrer, Alberto Zorrilla, and Una Merkel.
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 496
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 497
1943 - 2019
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 498
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 499
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 500
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 501
1943 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 502
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 503
1943 - 2010
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 504
1943 - 2009
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 505
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 506
1943 - 2013
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 507
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 508
1914 - 1986
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 215
1906 - 1986
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 216
1922 - 1986
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 217
1904 - 1986
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 218
1967 - 1986
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 219
1904 - 1986
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 220
1943 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 221
1899 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 222
1917 - 1986
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 223
1911 - 1986
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 224
1908 - 1986
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 225
1906 - 1986
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 226
1903 - 1986
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 227
Among people born in Canada, Richard Manuel ranks 468 out of 1,350. Before him are Farley Mowat (1921), Rick Genest (1985), George Woodcock (1912), Mary Harron (1953), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), and Wilfred Lucas (1871). After him are Lorne Michaels (1944), Lucille Teasdale-Corti (1929), Sarah Carter (1980), Thomas Middleditch (1982), Ivan Koloff (1942), and Shawn Ashmore (1979).
1921 - 2014
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 462
1985 - 2018
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 463
1912 - 1995
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 464
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 465
1814 - 1873
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 466
1871 - 1940
HPI: 43.90
Rank: 467
1943 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 468
1944 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 469
1929 - 1996
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 470
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 471
1982 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 472
1942 - 2017
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 473
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 474
Among musicians born in Canada, Richard Manuel ranks 24. Before him are Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941), Marc-André Hamelin (1961), Calixa Lavallée (1842), Daniel Lanois (1951), Alex Lifeson (1953), and Rick Danko (1943). After him are Kenny Wheeler (1930), Garth Hudson (1937), Devin Townsend (1972), Jeff Healey (1966), Sarah McLachlan (1968), and Angela Hewitt (1958).
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 18
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 19
1842 - 1891
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 20
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 22
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 23
1943 - 1986
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 24
1930 - 2014
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 25
1937 - Present
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 26
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 27
1966 - 2008
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 28
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 29
1958 - Present
HPI: 40.68
Rank: 30