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Françoise Hardy

1944 - 2024

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Françoise Madeleine Hardy (French: [fʁɑ̃swaz madlɛn aʁdi]; 17 January 1944 – 11 June 2024) was a French singer-songwriter, actress, and author. She was known for singing melancholic, sentimental ballads. Hardy rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a leading figure in French yé-yé music and became a cultural icon in France and internationally. In addition to her native French, she also sang in English, Italian, and German. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Françoise Hardy is the 80th most popular singer (up from 87th in 2019), the 496th most popular biography from France (up from 592nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Singer.

Françoise Hardy is a French singer-songwriter who began her career in the early 1960s. She is most famous for her singles "Tous les garçons et les filles" and "Tu trouveras".

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Françoise Hardy ranks 80 out of 4,381. Before her are Jennifer Lopez, Stevie Wonder, John Lydon, Ian Gillan, Billie Holiday, and Ice Cube. After her are Salvatore Adamo, Amália Rodrigues, Sarah Vaughan, Miriam Makeba, Prince, and Alla Pugacheva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Françoise Hardy ranks 28. Before her are Jimmy Page, Peter Mayhew, Joe Cocker, Gabor Maté, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Rafic Hariri. After her are Joe Frazier, Danny Trejo, Abdul Latif Rashid, Rem Koolhaas, Nǃxau ǂToma, and Sepp Maier. Among people deceased in 2024, Françoise Hardy ranks 23. Before her are Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Anouk Aimée, Arno Allan Penzias, Ram Narayan, Hassan Nasrallah, and Akira Toriyama. After her are Louis Gossett Jr., Arnold Rüütel, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Paul Alexander, Thomas P. Stafford, and Roger Guillemin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Françoise Hardy ranks 496 out of 6,770. Before her are Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Genevieve (423), Childebert I (497), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Robert Delaunay (1885), and Philippe Pinel (1745). After her are Alfred Binet (1857), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Robert Campin (1375), Philippe Noiret (1930), Aimery of Cyprus (1172), and Roger I of Sicily (1031).

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Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Françoise Hardy ranks 5. Before her are Édith Piaf (1915), Charles Aznavour (1924), Serge Gainsbourg (1928), and Mireille Mathieu (1946). After her are France Gall (1947), Carlos Gardel (1890), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), Georges Brassens (1921), and Maria Malibran (1808).

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