1949 - Today
Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (Russian: Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s. He was titled a People's Artist of Russia in 1996. He is known as one of the most prominent artists of Soviet and Russian music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Leontiev has received more than 243,342 page views. His biography is available in 133 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 134 in 2019). Valery Leontiev is the 209th most popular singer (up from 233rd in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Russia (up from 421st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Singer.
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Among singers, Valery Leontiev ranks 209 out of 3,528. Before him are Kyu Sakamoto, Lola Flores, Kenny Rogers, Tom Morello, Dionne Warwick, and Rob Halford. After him are Courtney Love, Kylie Minogue, Dave Gahan, Dua Lipa, Sarah Brightman, and Milva.
1941 - 1985
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 203
1923 - 1995
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 204
1938 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 205
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 206
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 207
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 208
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 209
1964 - Present
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 210
1968 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 211
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 212
1995 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 213
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 214
1939 - 2021
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 215
Among people born in 1949, Valery Leontiev ranks 64. Before him are Zoia Ceaușescu, Ruud Krol, Fanny Ardant, Shelley Duvall, Hugh David Politzer, and Brigitte Bierlein. After him are Annie Leibovitz, Jim Broadbent, Sissy Spacek, Miuccia Prada, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and Philippe Starck.
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 58
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 59
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 60
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 61
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 62
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 63
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 64
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 65
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 66
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 67
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 68
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 69
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 70
Among people born in Russia, Valery Leontiev ranks 400 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Zinovy Rozhestvensky (1848), Vasili Kuznetsov (1901), Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191), and Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943). After him are Roza Shanina (1924), Shamil Basayev (1965), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Avvakum (1620), Basil Fool for Christ (1468), and Leonid Rogozov (1934).
1819 - 1876
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 394
1929 - 2004
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 395
1848 - 1909
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 396
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 397
1191 - 1246
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 398
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 399
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 400
1924 - 1945
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 401
1965 - 2006
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 402
1314 - 1392
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 403
1620 - 1682
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 404
1468 - 1552
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 405
1934 - 2000
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 406
Among singers born in Russia, Valery Leontiev ranks 5. Before him are Alla Pugacheva (1949), Feodor Chaliapin (1873), Eduard Khil (1934), and Anna Netrebko (1971). After him are Viktor Tsoi (1962), Galina Vishnevskaya (1926), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (1962), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Georg Ots (1920), Martti Talvela (1935), and Elena Obraztsova (1939).
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 1
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 2
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 3
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 4
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 5
1962 - 1990
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 6
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 7
1962 - 2017
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 8
1900 - 1973
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 9
1920 - 1975
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 10
1935 - 1989
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 11
1939 - 2015
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12