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Bob Marley

1945 - 1981

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Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska and rocksteady and was renowned for his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. Marley increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide and became a global figure in popular culture. He became known as a Rastafarian icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Marley is the most popular musician (up from 2nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Jamaica and the most popular Jamaican Musician.

Bob Marley is most famous for being a Jamaican singer and songwriter. He is best known for his songs "No Woman, No Cry" and "One Love".

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Bob Marley ranks 1 out of 3,175. After him are Freddie Mercury, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Franz Liszt, Niccolò Paganini, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Louis Armstrong, Clara Schumann, and Leonard Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bob Marley ranks 1. After him are Rodrigo Duterte, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Aung San Suu Kyi, Vince McMahon, Lemmy, Radovan Karadžić, Priscilla Presley, and Debbie Harry. Among people deceased in 1981, Bob Marley ranks 1. After him are Anwar Sadat, Jacques Lacan, Albert Speer, Hans Adolf Krebs, Moshe Dayan, Bill Haley, Frederica of Hanover, Claude Auchinleck, Soong Ching-ling, Max Euwe, and Odd Hassel.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Bob Marley ranks 1 out of 189. After him are Stamford Raffles (1781), Grace Jones (1948), John Barnes (1963), Ben Johnson (1961), Usain Bolt (1986), Patrick Allen (1951), Max Romeo (1944), Peter Tosh (1944), Jimmy Cliff (1948), Marcus Garvey (1887), and Violet Brown (1900).

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Among MUSICIANS In Jamaica

Among musicians born in Jamaica, Bob Marley ranks 1. After him are Peter Tosh (1944), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Sean Paul (1973), DJ Kool Herc (1955), Desmond Dekker (1941), Prince Buster (1938), Ziggy Marley (1968), Horace Andy (1951), Monty Alexander (1944), Damian Marley (1978), and King Tubby (1941).

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