1967 - Today
Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 on Ichiban Records, before signing a contract with SBK Records, a record label of the EMI Group, which released a reformatted version of the album in 1990 under the title To the Extreme which became the fastest-selling hip hop album of all time and contained Ice's best-known hits: "Ice Ice Baby" and a cover of "Play That Funky Music". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanilla Ice has received more than 8,083,970 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Vanilla Ice is the 923rd most popular singer (down from 806th in 2019), the 5,113th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,530th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular American Singer.
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Among singers, Vanilla Ice ranks 923 out of 3,528. Before him are Valentina Tolkunova, Benny Moré, Alain Bashung, Chiquito de la Calzada, Harry Styles, and Mango. After him are Lightnin' Hopkins, Zsuzsa Koncz, Ayumi Hamasaki, Eydie Gormé, Adolphe Nourrit, and Serhat.
1946 - 2010
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 917
1919 - 1963
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 918
1947 - 2009
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 919
1932 - 2017
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 920
1994 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 921
1954 - 2014
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 922
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 923
1912 - 1982
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 924
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 925
1978 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 926
1928 - 2013
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 927
1802 - 1839
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 928
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 929
Among people born in 1967, Vanilla Ice ranks 131. Before him are Sable, Dino Rađa, Steve Zahn, Sue Gardner, Željka Cvijanović, and Nicolae Ciucă. After him are Ken Block, Ty Burrell, Markus Söder, Mario Cipollini, Melina Kanakaredes, and Daron Acemoglu.
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 125
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 126
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 127
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 128
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 129
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 130
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 131
1967 - 2023
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 132
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 133
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 134
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 135
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 136
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 137
Among people born in United States, Vanilla Ice ranks 5,113 out of 18,182. Before him are Horace Mann (1796), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), Ruth Teitelbaum (1924), Moses Gunn (1929), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), and Walter Bedell Smith (1895). After him are Denver Pyle (1920), Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), Ossie Davis (1917), Arthur Dove (1880), D'arcy Wretzky (1968), and Joe Simon (1913).
1796 - 1859
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 5,107
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 5,108
1924 - 1986
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 5,109
1929 - 1993
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 5,110
1869 - 1963
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 5,111
1895 - 1961
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 5,112
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 5,113
1920 - 1997
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 5,114
1912 - 1982
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 5,115
1917 - 2005
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 5,116
1880 - 1946
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 5,117
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 5,118
1913 - 2011
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 5,119
Among singers born in United States, Vanilla Ice ranks 262. Before him are Richard Carpenter (1946), Melanie (1947), Adrian Belew (1949), Lizzo (1988), Johnny Nash (1940), and Nate Dogg (1969). After him are Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), Eydie Gormé (1928), Leland Sklar (1947), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Belinda Carlisle (1958), and Phil Anselmo (1968).
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 256
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 257
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 258
1988 - Present
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 259
1940 - 2020
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 260
1969 - 2011
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 261
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 262
1912 - 1982
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 263
1928 - 2013
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 264
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 265
1912 - 1965
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 266
1958 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 267
1968 - Present
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 268