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Anita Bryant

1940 - 2024

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Anita Jane Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16, 2024) was an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador for the Florida Citrus Commission from 1969 to 1980. From 1977 to 1980, Bryant was an outspoken opponent of gay rights in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anita Bryant is the 1,128th most popular singer (up from 1,687th in 2019), the 6,242nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,925th in 2019) and the 311th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Anita Bryant ranks 1,128 out of 4,381. Before her are Abbey Lincoln, Nikolai Slichenko, Natacha Atlas, Larin Paraske, Nek, and Arlo Guthrie. After her are Jorge Cafrune, Anouk, Serge Lama, Kati Kovács, Amelita Galli-Curci, and Markus Feehily.

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Among people born in 1940, Anita Bryant ranks 323. Before her are Vladimir Vasiliev, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Zhuang Zedong, Danilo Astori, Apolo Nsibambi, and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez. After her are Alain Calmat, István Csom, Andrey Piontkovsky, Benoni Beheyt, Zhanna Prokhorenko, and Carole Pateman. Among people deceased in 2024, Anita Bryant ranks 300. Before her are Barbara Rush, Alex Salmond, Pascal Lainé, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Christopher Priest, and Levan Tediashvili. After her are Ruth Westheimer, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Richard H. Truly, George Eastham, Richard Simmons, and Francisco Rodríguez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anita Bryant ranks 6,243 out of 20,380. Before her are Todd Haynes (1961), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Daniel Morgan (1736), Maurice Costello (1877), Steve Clark (1943), and Frank Wykoff (1909). After her are Kevin Schwantz (1964), Ida B. Wells (1862), Tobias Wolff (1945), Jason Becker (1969), Kim Manners (1951), and John Hopcroft (1939).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Anita Bryant ranks 311. Before her are Tech N9ne (1971), Eydie Gormé (1928), Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Randy Meisner (1946), Abbey Lincoln (1930), and Arlo Guthrie (1947). After her are Phil Anselmo (1968), Billy Vaughn (1919), Lou Gramm (1950), Leon Russell (1942), Jon Brion (1963), and Melanie Martinez (1995).

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