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Marilyn Horne

1934 - Today

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Marilyn Berneice Horne (born January 16, 1934) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Marilyn Horne is the 997th most popular singer (down from 888th in 2024), the 5,592nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,640th in 2019) and the 286th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Marilyn Horne ranks 997 out of 4,381. Before her are Miyuki Nakajima, Zara Dolukhanova, Sakis Rouvas, Alissa White-Gluz, Signe Toly Anderson, and Valentina Tolkunova. After her are Anna Maria Jopek, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Keith Urban, Sinn Sisamouth, Julien Clerc, and Fayza Ahmed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Marilyn Horne ranks 274. Before her are Aleksei Yeliseyev, Alois Mock, Richard Swinburne, Akira Takarada, Michael Graves, and Miroslav Ondříček. After her are Seraphim Rose, Sven Wollter, Enrique Mateos, Fayza Ahmed, Canário, and Marisa Allasio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marilyn Horne ranks 5,592 out of 20,380. Before her are Signe Toly Anderson (1941), Charles Murray (1872), Anthony Heald (1944), Ryback (1981), Daniel Baldwin (1960), and Sarah Sanders (1982). After her are Michael Angelo Batio (1956), John Wesley Hardin (1853), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Sheree J. Wilson (1958), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), and David Brin (1950).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Marilyn Horne ranks 286. Before her are Yaki Kadafi (1977), Patti LaBelle (1944), Jakob Dylan (1969), Vince Neil (1961), E-40 (1967), and Signe Toly Anderson (1941). After her are Sharon Jones (1956), Prodigy (1974), Tammy Wynette (1942), Loretta Lynn (1932), Rosa Ponselle (1897), and Anita O'Day (1919).

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