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Tom Lehrer

1928 - Today

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Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy and humorous, often political songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs often parodied popular musical forms, though they usually had original melodies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Lehrer has received more than 3,991,329 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tom Lehrer is the 1,496th most popular singer (down from 1,403rd in 2019), the 7,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,455th in 2019) and the 362nd most popular American Singer.

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  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Tom Lehrer ranks 1,496 out of 4,381. Before him are Anuradha Paudwal, Joy Fleming, Ali Akbar Khan, Mary Garden, Henri Dès, and Sally Yeh. After him are Florence Ballard, Danièle Dupré, Malvina Reynolds, François Deguelt, Lolita Milyavskaya, and Zemfira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tom Lehrer ranks 439. Before him are Kiyonori Kikutake, Kenny Drew, Ruth Brown, Frigyes Hidas, Carlo Giuffrè, and Ivan Bohdan. After him are Alfred Hrdlicka, Ivar Aronsson, Gino Bramieri, Fritz Herkenrath, Santiago Vernazza, and Raymond E. Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tom Lehrer ranks 7,737 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Rita Gam (1927), Otto Kruger (1885), John Bray (1875), Chet Miller (1902), and Jacqueline Logan (1904). After him are Warren E. Burger (1907), Florence Ballard (1943), Bubba Ray Dudley (1971), Joe Hahn (1977), Marc Davis (1913), and Jamey Sheridan (1951).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Tom Lehrer ranks 362. Before him are Arlo Guthrie (1947), Lil Peep (1996), Jello Biafra (1958), Bob Welch (1945), Evelyn Lear (1926), and Darlene Love (1941). After him are Florence Ballard (1943), Malvina Reynolds (1900), Diane Warren (1956), Mandy Moore (1984), Esther Phillips (1935), and George Thorogood (1950).

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