1877 - 1953
Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 – 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Cafiero (double forename) Titta, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he [Ruffo] bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. Maurel said that the notes of Ruffo's upper register were the most glorious baritone sounds he had ever heard (see Pleasants, cited below). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Titta Ruffo has received more than 59,884 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Titta Ruffo is the 524th most popular singer (down from 501st in 2019), the 2,237th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,160th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Italian Singer.
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Among singers, Titta Ruffo ranks 524 out of 3,528. Before him are Dinah Washington, Kathleen Ferrier, Georg Ots, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Isabelle Aubret, and Limahl. After him are Lee Hazlewood, Carlos Marín, Jimmy Somerville, Asha Bhosle, Nino Ferrer, and Nora Nova.
1924 - 1963
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 518
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 519
1920 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 520
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 521
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 522
1958 - Present
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 523
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 524
1929 - 2007
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 525
1968 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 526
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 527
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 528
1934 - 1998
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 529
1928 - 2022
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 530
Among people born in 1877, Titta Ruffo ranks 69. Before him are Oscar Milosz, Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Ivy Lee, Wilhelm Filchner, George Hackenschmidt, and Princess Pauline of Württemberg. After him are Isidora Sekulić, Alfredo Guzzoni, Renée Vivien, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, and Béla Kiss. Among people deceased in 1953, Titta Ruffo ranks 67. Before him are James Finlayson, Nikolaos Plastiras, Francesco Saverio Nitti, Iuliu Maniu, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, and Kathleen Ferrier. After him are Dámaso Berenguer, Sergey Belyavsky, Lev Mekhlis, Vsevolod Merkulov, Şükrü Saracoğlu, and Princess Françoise of Orléans.
1877 - 1939
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 63
1877 - 1960
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 64
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 65
1877 - 1957
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 66
1877 - 1968
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 67
1877 - 1965
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 68
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 69
1877 - 1958
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 70
1877 - 1965
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 71
1877 - 1909
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 72
1877 - 1952
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 73
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 74
1877 - 1915
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 75
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 61
1883 - 1953
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 62
1868 - 1953
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 63
1873 - 1953
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 64
1862 - 1953
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 65
1912 - 1953
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 66
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 67
1873 - 1953
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 68
1883 - 1953
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 69
1889 - 1953
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 70
1895 - 1953
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 71
1887 - 1953
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 72
1902 - 1953
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 73
Among people born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 2,237 out of 4,668. Before him are Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672), Guido Guinizelli (1230), Roberto Farinacci (1892), Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria (1834), Massimo D'Alema (1949), and Prince Francis, Count of Trapani (1827). After him are Alessandro Achillini (1463), Alvise I Mocenigo (1507), Riccardo Zandonai (1883), Adriano Galliani (1944), Gae Aulenti (1927), and Andrea Appiani (1754).
1672 - 1750
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 2,231
1230 - 1276
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,232
1892 - 1945
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,233
1834 - 1901
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 2,234
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 2,235
1827 - 1892
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 2,236
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 2,237
1463 - 1512
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 2,238
1507 - 1577
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,239
1883 - 1944
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,240
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,241
1927 - 2012
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 2,242
1754 - 1817
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 2,243
Among singers born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 44. Before him are Faustina Bordoni (1697), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), Sabrina Salerno (1968), Renato Carosone (1920), Bobby Solo (1945), and Angelica Catalani (1780). After him are Nino Ferrer (1934), Magda Olivero (1910), Gigi D'Agostino (1967), Claudio Villa (1926), Giulietta Simionato (1910), and Patty Pravo (1948).
1697 - 1781
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 38
1924 - 2014
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 39
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 40
1920 - 2001
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 41
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 42
1780 - 1849
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 43
1877 - 1953
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 44
1934 - 1998
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 45
1910 - 2014
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 46
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 47
1926 - 1987
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 48
1910 - 2010
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 49
1948 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 50