SINGER

Ingvar Wixell

1931 - 2011

Photo of Ingvar Wixell

Icon of person Ingvar Wixell

Karl Gustaf Ingvar Wixell (7 May 1931 – 8 October 2011) was a Swedish baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1955 to 2003. He mostly sang roles from the Italian repertory, and, according to The New York Times, "was best known for his steady-toned, riveting portrayals of the major baritone roles of Giuseppe Verdi — among them Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Amonasro in Aida, and Germont in La traviata". He was the Swedish entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ingvar Wixell is the 786th most popular singer (up from 794th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 471st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swedish Singer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ingvar Wixell by language

Loading...

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ingvar Wixell ranks 786 out of 4,381. Before him are Blaze Bayley, Minnie Riperton, Ljuba Welitsch, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Floor Jansen, and Daddy Yankee. After him are Dee Dee Bridgewater, Aram Tigran, Tommy Körberg, Martti Talvela, Rodoljub Roki Vulović, and Big Mama Thornton.

Most Popular Singers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ingvar Wixell ranks 234. Before him are E. L. Doctorow, Krzysztof Komeda, Jean-Jacques Marcel, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Koichi Sugiyama, and Janosch. After him are Boris Pankin, Robert Morris, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Elliott Belgrave, Robert Enrico, and Sven Tumba. Among people deceased in 2011, Ingvar Wixell ranks 174. Before him are Sándor Képíró, Susannah York, Nirmala Srivastava, Gerry Rafferty, Clarence Clemons, and Attilio Pavesi. After him are Mutassim Gaddafi, Bernd Eichinger, Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Sven Tumba, María Mercader, and Romuald Klim.

Others Born in 1931

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2011

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ingvar Wixell ranks 482 out of 1,879. Before him are Nils Edén (1871), Richard Bergh (1858), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Gideon Ståhlberg (1908), Ivan Eklind (1905), and Sven Davidson (1928). After him are Tommy Körberg (1948), Jeanna Bauck (1840), Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872), Conny Torstensson (1949), Sigge Parling (1930), and Laurentius Petri (1499).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Ingvar Wixell ranks 22. Before him are Lill-Babs (1938), Malena Ernman (1970), Monica Zetterlund (1937), Christina Nilsson (1843), Alice Babs (1924), and Carola Häggkvist (1966). After him are Tommy Körberg (1948), E-Type (1965), Lena Philipsson (1966), Björn Skifs (1947), Alexander Bard (1961), and Måns Zelmerlöw (1986).

Swedish born Singers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous