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Jon Vickers

1926 - 2015

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Jonathan Stewart Vickers, (October 29, 1926 – July 10, 2015), known professionally as Jon Vickers, was a world renowned Canadian heldentenor. In 1957 Vickers joined London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden company. In 1960 he joined the Metropolitan Opera. Vickers became world-famous for a wide range of German, French, and Italian roles, but especially in the Wagner tenor roles in Die Walkure, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal and in Beethoven's Fidelio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jon Vickers is the 804th most popular singer (up from 845th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Canada (down from 219th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Canadian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jon Vickers ranks 804 out of 4,381. Before him are Ronnie Spector, Peter Sinfield, Nancy Ajram, Sandra Kim, Faith Hill, and James Blunt. After him are Kavita Krishnamurthy, Riccardo Fogli, Kumar Sanu, Cem Karaca, Chris Lowe, and Marinella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jon Vickers ranks 224. Before him are Big Mama Thornton, Emmanuel Wamala, Yitzhak Arad, Cedella Booker, Mickey Hargitay, and Joseíto. After him are Borys Romanchenko, Juan Hohberg, Allan Sandage, Driss Chraïbi, Rudi Gutendorf, and Stanley Cavell. Among people deceased in 2015, Jon Vickers ranks 180. Before him are Chris Squire, Johanna Quandt, Jackie Collins, Valentin Rasputin, Nils Christie, and Czesław Kiszczak. After him are Movita Castaneda, Douglas Tompkins, László Paskai, Ahmed Chalabi, Lesley Gore, and Rico Rodriguez.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jon Vickers ranks 231 out of 1,622. Before him are Pierre Poilievre (1979), Patricia Churchland (1943), Chris Benoit (1967), Donald Jackson (1940), James Doohan (1920), and Daniel Lavoie (1949). After him are Walter Byron (1894), Raymond Massey (1896), Garth Hudson (1937), Joe Clark (1939), Hume Cronyn (1911), and E. Pauline Johnson (1861).

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Among SINGERS In Canada

Among singers born in Canada, Jon Vickers ranks 15. Before him are Denny Doherty (1940), Shania Twain (1965), Nelly Furtado (1978), Alanis Morissette (1974), Shawn Mendes (1998), and Daniel Lavoie (1949). After him are Garou (1972), Michael Bublé (1975), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Snow (1969), James LaBrie (1963), and Gordon Lightfoot (1938).

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