1925 - 1990
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian and dancer. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sammy Davis Jr. has received more than 11,336,894 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Sammy Davis Jr. is the 274th most popular singer (down from 212th in 2019), the 1,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,352nd in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Singer.
Sammy Davis Jr. is most famous for being a popular and successful African-American actor, singer, and dancer.
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Among singers, Sammy Davis Jr. ranks 274 out of 3,528. Before him are Mahalia Jackson, Kiri Te Kanawa, Cab Calloway, Axl Rose, Rod Evans, and Ajda Pekkan. After him are Tim Staffell, Stevie Nicks, Peter Green, Jussi Björling, Umberto Tozzi, and R. Kelly.
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 268
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 269
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 270
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 271
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 272
1946 - Present
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 273
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 274
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 275
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 276
1946 - 2020
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 277
1911 - 1960
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 278
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 279
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 280
Among people born in 1925, Sammy Davis Jr. ranks 96. Before him are Toshio Iwatani, Robert Hardy, Hildegard Knef, Nicolai Gedda, Veljko Kadijević, and William Styron. After him are Martin Rodbell, Tom Gehrels, Ernesto Cardenal, Georges Delerue, Justo Gallego Martínez, and Lepa Radić. Among people deceased in 1990, Sammy Davis Jr. ranks 54. Before him are Alexander Pechersky, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Reinaldo Arenas, Yiannis Ritsos, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Philippe Soupault. After him are John Stewart Bell, Viktor Tsoi, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Hussein Onn, Jim Henson, and Lewis Mumford.
1925 - 1970
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 90
1925 - 2017
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 91
1925 - 2002
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 92
1925 - 2017
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 93
1925 - 2014
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 94
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 95
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 96
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 97
1925 - 2011
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 98
1925 - 2020
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 99
1925 - 1992
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 100
1925 - 2021
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 101
1925 - 1943
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 102
1909 - 1990
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 48
1912 - 1990
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 49
1943 - 1990
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 50
1909 - 1990
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 51
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 52
1897 - 1990
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 53
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 54
1928 - 1990
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 55
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 56
1918 - 1990
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 57
1922 - 1990
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 58
1936 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 59
1895 - 1990
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 60
Among people born in United States, Sammy Davis Jr. ranks 1,789 out of 18,182. Before him are Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Zack Snyder (1966), Ida Tarbell (1857), Will Eisner (1917), and Jon Favreau (1966). After him are Liv Tyler (1977), Jack Swigert (1931), Lionel Stander (1908), George Wald (1906), James Tolkan (1931), and Vannevar Bush (1890).
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,783
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,784
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,785
1857 - 1944
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,786
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,787
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,788
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,789
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,790
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,791
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,792
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,793
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,794
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,795
Among singers born in United States, Sammy Davis Jr. ranks 87. Before him are Sonny Bono (1935), Hank Williams (1923), Jessye Norman (1945), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Cab Calloway (1907), and Axl Rose (1962). After him are Stevie Nicks (1948), R. Kelly (1967), Eartha Kitt (1927), Bill Withers (1938), Solomon Burke (1936), and Gene Vincent (1935).
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 81
1923 - 1953
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 82
1945 - 2019
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 83
1911 - 1972
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 84
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 85
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 86
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 87
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 88
1967 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 89
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 90
1938 - 2020
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 91
1936 - 2010
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 92
1935 - 1971
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 93