1932 - 1973
Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈβiktoɾ ˈliðjo ˈxaɾa maɾˈtines]; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and communist political activist tortured and killed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ranging from locally produced plays to world classics, as well as the experimental work of playwrights such as Ann Jellicoe. He also played a pivotal role among neo-folkloric musicians who established the Nueva Canción Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Víctor Jara has received more than 719,942 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Víctor Jara is the 64th most popular singer, the 6th most popular biography from Chile (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Singer.
Victor Jara was a Chilean folk singer and political activist who was killed by the Chilean military in 1973. He is most famous for his song "El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido" which translates to "The People United Will Never Be Defeated."
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Among singers, Víctor Jara ranks 64 out of 3,541. Before him are Little Richard, Jennifer Lopez, José Carreras, Glen Campbell, Marianne Faithfull, and The Notorious B.I.G.. After him are Rod Stewart, George Michael, 50 Cent, Anna Magdalena Bach, Ian Gillan, and Billie Holiday.
1932 - 2020
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 58
1969 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 59
1946 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 60
1936 - 2017
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 61
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 62
1972 - 1997
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 63
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 64
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 65
1963 - 2016
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 66
1975 - Present
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 67
1701 - 1760
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 68
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 69
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1932, Víctor Jara ranks 24. Before him are Glenn Gould, Dian Fossey, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Fernando Botero, Little Richard, and Sylvia Plath. After him are Roy Scheider, Camilo Cienfuegos, Miriam Makeba, Ted Kennedy, Michel Legrand, and Roh Tae-woo. Among people deceased in 1973, Víctor Jara ranks 27. Before him are Hans Kelsen, Pablo Casals, Ferdinand Schörner, Semyon Budyonny, Gabriel Marcel, and Anna Magnani. After him are J. Hans D. Jensen, Jacques Maritain, Karl Ziegler, Charles Greeley Abbot, Hans Albert Einstein, and Selman Waksman.
1932 - 1982
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 18
1932 - 1985
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 19
1932 - 2001
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 20
1932 - Present
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 21
1932 - 2020
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 22
1932 - 1963
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 23
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 24
1932 - 2008
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 25
1932 - 1959
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 26
1932 - 2008
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 27
1932 - 2009
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 28
1932 - 2019
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 29
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 30
1881 - 1973
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 21
1876 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 22
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 23
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 24
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 25
1908 - 1973
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 26
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 27
1907 - 1973
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 28
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 29
1898 - 1973
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 30
1872 - 1973
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 31
1904 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 32
1888 - 1973
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 33
Among people born in Chile, Víctor Jara ranks 6 out of 225. Before him are Pablo Neruda (1904), Augusto Pinochet (1915), Salvador Allende (1908), Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929), and Michelle Bachelet (1951). After him are Gabriela Mistral (1889), Luis Sepúlveda (1949), Bernardo O'Higgins (1778), Sebastián Piñera (1949), Claudio Arrau (1903), and Violeta Parra (1917).
1904 - 1973
HPI: 84.05
Rank: 1
1915 - 2006
HPI: 83.82
Rank: 2
1908 - 1973
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 3
1929 - Present
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 4
1951 - Present
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 5
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 6
1889 - 1957
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 7
1949 - 2020
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 8
1778 - 1842
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 9
1949 - Present
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 10
1903 - 1991
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 11
1917 - 1967
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 12
Among singers born in Chile, Víctor Jara ranks 1. After him are Lucho Gatica (1928), Nicole (1977), Américo (1977), and Jena Lee (1987).
1932 - 1973
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 1
1928 - 2018
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 2
1977 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 4
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 5