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Harry Belafonte

1927 - 2023

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Harry Belafonte ( BEL-ə-FON-tee; born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Belafonte is the 127th most popular singer (down from 94th in 2019), the 897th most popular biography from United States (down from 575th in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Singer.

Harry Belafonte is most famous for being a singer, an actor, and a social activist.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Harry Belafonte ranks 127 out of 4,381. Before him are Steve Perry, Nicki Minaj, Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Dolly Parton, and Psy. After him are Mercedes Sosa, Roy Orbison, Georges Moustaki, George Clinton, Laura Branigan, and Bruce Dickinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Harry Belafonte ranks 40. Before him are Simone Veil, Gilbert Bécaud, Theodore Maiman, Lawrence Kohlberg, Hubert de Givenchy, and Niklas Luhmann. After him are Emmanuelle Riva, Raúl Alfonsín, Harry Mulisch, Juliette Gréco, Roy Cohn, and Robert Ludlum. Among people deceased in 2023, Harry Belafonte ranks 35. Before him are Helmut Berger, Sixto Rodriguez, Jacques Delors, The Iron Sheik, Carlos Saura, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. After him are Raquel Welch, Mohamed Al-Fayed, C. R. Rao, Ryan O'Neal, Astrud Gilberto, and Pervez Musharraf.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Belafonte ranks 897 out of 20,380. Before him are Ray Kroc (1902), John Deere (1804), Joe Louis (1914), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Frank Abagnale (1948), and Sidney Lumet (1924). After him are Patrick Leahy (1940), Stanley Cohen (1922), Robert Curl (1933), Raquel Welch (1940), Jennifer Aniston (1969), and Ron Perlman (1950).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Harry Belafonte ranks 50. Before him are Donna Summer (1948), Diana Ross (1944), Nancy Sinatra (1940), Anastacia (1968), Steve Perry (1949), and Dolly Parton (1946). After him are Roy Orbison (1936), George Clinton (1941), Laura Branigan (1952), Melanie (1947), Selena (1971), and Art Garfunkel (1941).

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