1917 - 2020
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II. She is honorifically known as the "Forces' Sweetheart", having given outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her include "We'll Meet Again", "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England". She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the United Kingdom and the United States, and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" and her UK number-one single "My Son, My Son". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vera Lynn has received more than 4,738,780 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Vera Lynn is the 319th most popular singer (down from 181st in 2019), the 1,244th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 802nd in 2019) and the 45th 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 319 out of 3,528. Before her are Joey Tempest, Antonio Cesti, Billy Preston, Victoria Beckham, Phil Ochs, and Galina Vishnevskaya. After her are Udo Dirkschneider, Giuseppina Strepponi, Tarja Turunen, Justin Timberlake, Elis Regina, and Youssou N'Dour.
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 313
1623 - 1669
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 314
1946 - 2006
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 315
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 316
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 317
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 318
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 319
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 320
1815 - 1897
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 321
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 322
1981 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 323
1945 - 1982
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 324
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 325
Among people born in 1917, Vera Lynn ranks 88. Before her are Harold Garfinkel, Buddy Rich, Alparslan Türkeş, Zhang Chunqiao, Asmahan, and Nikolai Ogarkov. After her are Irving Penn, Otto Kittel, Giuseppe De Santis, Vasily Petrov, Maurice Trintignant, and Yigael Yadin. Among people deceased in 2020, Vera Lynn ranks 98. Before her are Ida Haendel, Bill Withers, Ernesto Cardenal, Kelly Preston, Stanley Ho, and Florian Schneider. After her are Jack Welch, Lorenzo Sanz, Gérard Houllier, David Prowse, Abdul Halim Khaddam, and Amadou Toumani Touré.
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 82
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 83
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 84
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 85
1917 - 1944
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 86
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 87
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 88
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 89
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 90
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 91
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 92
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 93
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 94
1928 - 2020
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 92
1938 - 2020
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 93
1925 - 2020
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 94
1962 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 95
1921 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 96
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 97
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 98
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 99
1943 - 2020
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 100
1947 - 2020
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 101
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 102
1932 - 2020
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 103
1948 - 2020
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 104
Among people born in United Kingdom, Vera Lynn ranks 1,244 out of 7,765. Before her are Joan Plowright (1929), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), John Nettles (1943), Catherine Eddowes (1842), Martin Frobisher (1535), and Andy Whitfield (1971). After her are Scott Adkins (1976), Leonard Woolley (1880), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Matthew Festing (1949), Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), and Jethro Tull (1674).
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,238
1078 - 1124
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,239
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,240
1842 - 1888
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,241
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,242
1971 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,243
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,244
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,245
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,246
1721 - 1765
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,247
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,248
1821 - 1862
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,249
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,250
Among singers born in United Kingdom, Vera Lynn ranks 45. Before her are Albert Hammond (1944), Marc Bolan (1947), Alan Lancaster (1949), Boy George (1961), David Byron (1947), and Victoria Beckham (1974). After her are Dusty Springfield (1939), Seal (1963), Jon Anderson (1944), Dave Evans (1953), Malcolm McLaren (1946), and Black (1962).
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 39
1947 - 1977
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 40
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 41
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 42
1947 - 1985
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 43
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 44
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 45
1939 - 1999
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 46
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 47
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 48
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 49
1946 - 2010
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 50
1962 - 2016
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 51