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Ian Dury

1942 - 2000

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Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He was the lead singer and lyricist of Kilburn and the High Roads, the Kilburns, Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Ian Dury and the Music Students. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ian Dury is the 929th most popular singer (down from 695th in 2019), the 2,923rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,141st in 2019) and the 105th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ian Dury ranks 929 out of 4,381. Before him are Jeezy, Kate Ryan, Mariza, Célestine Galli-Marié, Leland Sklar, and Elly Ameling. After him are Playboi Carti, Júlia Várady, Fréhel, 6ix9ine, Aaron Kwok, and Hildegard Behrens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Ian Dury ranks 330. Before him are Susana Vieira, Jon Finch, Fatma Girik, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, John Shrapnel, and Adolf Ogi. After him are Shere Hite, Peter Norman, Bo Johansson, Arrigo Miglio, Dennis Meadows, and Eduard Markarov. Among people deceased in 2000, Ian Dury ranks 158. Before him are Wojciech Has, Dorino Serafini, Ernst Jandl, Jim Varney, Penelope Fitzgerald, and Franco Rossi. After him are John Tukey, Bruno Zevi, Franco Donatoni, Basil Bernstein, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, and Stephanos Christopoulos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Dury ranks 2,924 out of 8,785. Before him are Ernest Renshaw (1861), Tom Finney (1922), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Gary Stevens (1963), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), and Fergus Suter (1857). After him are Patrick Manson (1844), Mark Addy (1964), Christopher Hill (1912), Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway (1261), Rachel Roberts (1927), and C. Aubrey Smith (1863).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ian Dury ranks 105. Before him are Nick Kamen (1962), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Kevin Ayers (1944), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Paul Young (1956), and Arthur Brown (1942). After him are Alfred Deller (1912), Biff Byford (1951), FKA Twigs (1988), Limahl (1958), Paul Day (1956), and Clare Torry (1947).

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