1917 - 2020
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer, songwriter and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She was widely referred to as the "Forces' Sweetheart" and gave outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vera Lynn has received more than 4,068,222 page views. Her biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Vera Lynn is the 181st most popular singer (up from 294th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,146th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Singer.
Vera Lynn is most famous for her time as a singer during World War II, when she was known as the "forces' sweetheart."
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Among singers, Vera Lynn ranks 181 out of 3,541. Before her are David Coverdale, Esma Redžepova, Bob Geldof, Tori Amos, Barbara Strozzi, and Falco. After her are Chris Rea, Claude François, Chavela Vargas, Udo Jürgens, Mario Del Monaco, and Mario Lanza.
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 175
1943 - 2016
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 176
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 177
1963 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 178
1619 - 1677
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 179
1957 - 1998
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 180
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 181
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 182
1939 - 1978
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 183
1919 - 2012
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 184
1934 - 2014
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 185
1915 - 1982
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 186
1921 - 1959
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 187
Among people born in 1917, Vera Lynn ranks 50. Before her are Thelonious Monk, Violeta Parra, Maurice Duverger, Dinu Lipatti, Susan Hayward, and Hirokazu Ninomiya. After her are Leonid Hurwicz, Leonora Carrington, Masahiko Kimura, John Kendrew, Barry Nelson, and Andrew Huxley. Among people deceased in 2020, Vera Lynn ranks 76. Before her are Clive Cussler, Bill Withers, Terry Jones, Kelly Preston, Honor Blackman, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. After her are Robert Shavlakadze, Ken Shimura, James Randi, Carl Reiner, Kim Ki-duk, and John Saxon.
1917 - 1982
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 44
1917 - 1967
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 45
1917 - 2014
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 46
1917 - 1950
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 47
1917 - 1975
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 48
1917 - 2000
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 49
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 50
1917 - 2008
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 51
1917 - 2011
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 52
1917 - 1993
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 53
1917 - 1997
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 54
1917 - 2007
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 55
1917 - 2012
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 56
1931 - 2020
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 70
1938 - 2020
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 71
1942 - 2020
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 72
1962 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 73
1925 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 74
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 75
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 76
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 77
1950 - 2020
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 78
1928 - 2020
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 79
1922 - 2020
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 80
1960 - 2020
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 81
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 82
Among people born in United Kingdom, Vera Lynn ranks 803 out of 6,924. Before her are Patrick Blackett (1897), David McCallum (1933), David Cameron (1966), Keith Moon (1946), Michael Atiyah (1929), and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866). After her are Chris Rea (1951), James Gregory (1638), Graham Chapman (1941), Colin Chapman (1928), Thomas Cavendish (1560), and Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480).
1897 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 797
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 798
1966 - Present
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 799
1946 - 1978
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 800
1929 - 2019
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 801
1866 - 1923
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 802
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 803
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 804
1638 - 1675
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 805
1941 - 1989
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 806
1928 - 1982
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 807
1560 - 1592
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 808
1480 - 1538
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 809
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Vera Lynn ranks 23. Before her are Bruce Dickinson (1958), Tom Jones (1940), Eric Burdon (1941), Susan Boyle (1961), Bryan Ferry (1945), and David Coverdale (1951). After her are Chris Rea (1951), Chris Norman (1950), Petula Clark (1932), Peter Green (1946), Rob Halford (1951), and Shirley Bassey (1937).
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 18
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 19
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 21
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 22
1917 - 2020
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 23
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 24
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 25
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 26
1946 - 2020
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 28
1937 - Present
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 29