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Nina Hagen

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Catharina "Nina" Hagen (German: [ˈniːna ˈhaːɡn̩] ; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is known as "The Godmother of German Punk". Born and raised in the former East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, Hagen began her career as an actress when she appeared in several German films alongside her mother Eva-Maria Hagen. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nina Hagen is the 137th most popular singer (down from 110th in 2019), the 721st most popular biography from Germany (down from 589th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Singer.

Nina Hagen is most famous for her work as a singer and actress in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). She was born in 1955 in East Berlin, which was then part of the Soviet Union.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nina Hagen ranks 137 out of 4,381. Before her are George Clinton, Laura Branigan, Bruce Dickinson, Melanie, Selena, and Robin Gibb. After her are Art Garfunkel, Jimmie Rodgers, DMX, Astrud Gilberto, Yma Sumac, and Paul Anka.

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Among people born in 1955, Nina Hagen ranks 35. Before her are Liu Xiaobo, Angus Young, John Hinckley Jr., Olga Korbut, Guillermo Lasso, and Mariano Rajoy. After her are Svante Pääbo, Chow Yun-fat, Denis Mukwege, Matteo Zuppi, Lazarus Chakwera, and Sergey Shoygu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Nina Hagen ranks 721 out of 7,253. Before her are Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), Steffi Graf (1969), Matilda of Ringelheim (894), Clemens Brentano (1778), and Johann Georg Faust (1480). After her are Werner Sombart (1863), Hermann von Salza (1170), Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856), Louis Spohr (1784), Moritz Schlick (1882), and Hasso von Manteuffel (1897).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Nina Hagen ranks 5. Before her are Nico (1938), Klaus Meine (1948), Dieter Bohlen (1954), and Constanze Mozart (1762). After her are Sandra (1962), Thomas Anders (1963), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Marian Gold (1954), Ivan Rebroff (1931), and Nena (1960).

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