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Marc Bolan

1947 - 1977

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Marc Bolan ( BOH-lən; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan strongly influenced artists of many genres, including glam rock, punk, post-punk, new wave, indie rock, Britpop and alternative rock. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of T. Rex. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marc Bolan is the 378th most popular singer (down from 329th in 2019), the 1,486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,180th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Marc Bolan ranks 378 out of 4,381. Before him are Coolio, Rod Evans, Anggun, Paul Di'Anno, Linda Ronstadt, and Alpha Blondy. After him are Pinetop Perkins, Kyu Sakamoto, Gal Costa, Isabella Colbran, Dan Reynolds, and Justin Bieber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Marc Bolan ranks 166. Before him are Kathrine Switzer, Rod Evans, Joe Wilson, Jozef De Kesel, Jerry Rawlings, and Roy Raymond. After him are Billy Hayes, Dan Quayle, Philémon Yang, Edu Coimbra, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, and Ry Cooder. Among people deceased in 1977, Marc Bolan ranks 62. Before him are Olave Baden-Powell, Hamida Djandoubi, Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Félix Gouin, and Juan Velasco Alvarado. After him are Eduard Roschmann, Marien Ngouabi, Tom Pryce, Takeo Kurita, Carlos Pace, and Edmund Veesenmayer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marc Bolan ranks 1,486 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Charles Rolls (1877), Victor Turner (1920), Desmond Morris (1928), and Edward Fox (1937). After him are Emily Davison (1872), Charles Bennett (1870), Tom Scott (1984), Cicely Saunders (1918), Henry Pelham (1694), and Gareth Bale (1989).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Marc Bolan ranks 48. Before him are Victoria Beckham (1974), Dusty Springfield (1939), Mick Jones (1944), Kim Wilde (1960), Rod Evans (1947), and Paul Di'Anno (1958). After him are Peter Green (1946), Susan Boyle (1961), Shirley Bassey (1937), Albert Hammond (1944), Malcolm McLaren (1946), and Dave Gahan (1962).

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