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Franzl Lang

1930 - 2015

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Franz "Franzl" Lang (28 December 1930 – 6 December 2015), known as the Yodel King (German: Jodlerkönig), was an alpine yodeller from Bavaria, Germany. Lang's genre was German folk music; and he typically sang in the Bavarian dialect of the rural Alpine regions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franzl Lang is the 487th most popular singer (down from 407th in 2019), the 2,275th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,949th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Franzl Lang ranks 487 out of 4,381Before him are Marcia Barrett, Anette Olzon, Facundo Cabral, Aristide Bruant, Tony Martin, and Siw Malmkvist. After him are Neda Ukraden, Benny Blanco, Charli XCX, Ali Farka Touré, Ariana Grande, and Al Martino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Franzl Lang ranks 166Before him are Thomas Williams, Charles Rangel, Fritz Wunderlich, James Baker, Tom Wolfe, and Oleg Popov. After him are Manuel Marulanda, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Harold Bloom, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Bo Widerberg, and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ. Among people deceased in 2015, Franzl Lang ranks 115Before him are Jenő Buzánszky, Kemal Monteno, Jacob Bekenstein, Ieng Thirith, Shigeru Mizuki, and André Glucksmann. After him are Aldo Ciccolini, John Guillermin, Magali Noël, Franco Interlenghi, Natalie Cole, and Jørgen Ingmann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franzl Lang ranks 2,276 out of 7,253Before him are Ernst Neufert (1900), John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558), Horst Sindermann (1915), Marc-André ter Stegen (1992), Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663), and Hermann Ehrhardt (1881). After him are Armin T. Wegner (1886), Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Benno (1010), Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667), Jil Sander (1943), and William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864).

Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Franzl Lang ranks 19Before him are Udo Dirkschneider (1952), Christa Ludwig (1928), Tarkan (1972), Fancy (1946), Wolf Biermann (1936), and Fritz Wunderlich (1930). After him are Heino (1938), J. Cole (1985), Gundula Janowitz (1937), Doro (1964), Michael Kiske (1968), and Heidi Brühl (1942).