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Maria Severa Onofriana

1820 - 1846

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Maria Severa Onofriana (26 July 1820 – 30 November 1846), also known simply as A Severa, was a Portuguese fado singer and guitarist. She is regarded, in her short life, as the first fado singer to have risen to fame, attaining a near-mythical status after her death. Fado has been described as the Portuguese expression of "the blues", and fado roughly means 'fate'. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Severa Onofriana is the 771st most popular singer (down from 666th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 230th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Portuguese Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 771 out of 4,381. Before her are Kishore Kumar, Emmy Destinn, Asha Bhosle, Graham Bonnet, Alan Lancaster, and B. J. Thomas. After her are Tanita Tikaram, Marietta Alboni, Midge Ure, Sergio Endrigo, Reinhard Mey, and AJ McLean.

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Among people born in 1820, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 40. Before her are Alexander Cartwright, Anna Sewell, Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Reinhart Dozy, Arvid Posse, and Georg Curtius. After her are Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Thuwaini bin Said, Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, Gustave Le Gray, Ghevont Alishan, and Cornelius Gurlitt. Among people deceased in 1846, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 19. Before her are Esaias Tegnér, Domenico Dragonetti, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Joseph Weigl, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, and Giuseppe Acerbi. After her are Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Alexander Chavchavadze, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Bagyidaw, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 261 out of 633. Before her are Estêvão Gomes (1484), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), John of Biclaro (540), Nuno Tristão (1500), Francisco Lázaro (1891), and Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483). After her are Humberto Coelho (1950), Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890), Jorge Mendes (1966), José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), and António Ferreira (1528).

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Among SINGERS In Portugal

Among singers born in Portugal, Maria Severa Onofriana ranks 6. Before her are Amália Rodrigues (1920), Carmen Miranda (1909), Zeca Afonso (1929), Mísia (1955), and Carlos do Carmo (1939). After her are Dulce Pontes (1969), Salvador Sobral (1989), Simone de Oliveira (1938), Lio (1962), Paulo de Carvalho (1947), and Carlos Mendes (1947).

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